Ronin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ronin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ronin: Recorded since 1999, it reached #341 in 2006, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#341highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2002	#1322
2003	#3467
2004	#1878
2006	#2087
2007	#2741
2008	#1596
2009	#2544
2010	#2199
2011	#2194
2012	#1852
2013	#1796
2014	#1486
2015	#2150
2016	#1363
2017	#1398
2018	#2112
2019	#1369
2020	#1635
2021	#1595
2022	#1268
2023	#1701
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2097 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2015
Highest recorded position: #341 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2006–2015).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ronin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 279 births with the name.

Ronin across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ronin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2097 (1999)	#1268 (2022)	#1758 (2024)	25 of 26	279 (1999–2024)	21 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#341 (2006)	#341 (2006)	#415 (2015)	3 of 10	9 (2006–2015)	3 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#375 (2003)	#375 (2003)	#730 (2011)	4 of 9	14 (2003–2011)	5 (2003)

Ronin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ronin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	63	9 of 10	7
2010s	133	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	78	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ronin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #341 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Ronin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #341, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ronit · #1651, 16y
Ronja · #58, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eduard · #342, 25y
Theodora · #340, 30y
Reid · #339, 30y
Rueben · #339, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aibhe · #341, 18y
Arwa · #341, 29y
Cori · #341, 19y
Johnnie · #341, 29y

Ronin was ranked #341 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ronin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ronin without appearing here.

Ronin moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2199 and #4678.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3467 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Jade Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3467 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Ronin

Cillian Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1878 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #1084.
Hunter Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #2254 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2857.
Kasper Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #1411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2857.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1268 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #1207.

Moved the opposite way to Ronin

Jade Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronin went from #3134 to #1758 while Jade went from #2220 to #5119.
Kelly Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronin went from #3134 to #1701 while Kelly went from #1467 to #3523.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #341 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ronin

Ronin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ronin across 3 official records

Ronin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ronin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ronin

Ronin and the names beside it

Ronin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ronin

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Ronin at a glance

Ronin across 3 official records

Ronin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ronin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ronin

Ronin and the names beside it

Ronin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ronin

Moved the opposite way to Ronin