Ronny

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ronny: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #15 in 1975, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#15highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for
33names it appears alongside

What stands out in Ronny's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 25 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 62 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#3912
2004	#4598
2008	#5545
2016	#5785
2021	#5581

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 62 of the 67 years from 1945 to 2011.

In 2011: #515 among boys in Norway, #812 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #250 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2011
Highest recorded position: #15 among boys in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1945–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ronny appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 6,030 births with the name.

Ronny 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.

Ronny'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
Norway · Boys	#250 (1945)	#15 (1975)	#515 (2011)	62 of 67	6,030 (1945–2011)	377 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#655 (2013)	#1460 (2024)	25 of 29	716 (1996–2024)	52 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#3848 (1998)	#5581 (2021)	6 of 24	18 (1998–2021)	3 (1998)

Ronny by decade in Norway · 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 Ronny in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	40	5 of 10	8
1950s	251	10 of 10	25
1960s	1,372	10 of 10	137
1970sbusiest	3,135	10 of 10	314
1980s	990	10 of 10	99
1990s	202	10 of 10	20
2000s	35	6 of 10	6
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 314 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1968 and 1969, when recorded births rose by 117, from 175 to 292.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ronny 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 2 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #15 in Norway in 1975.

Ronny'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1243	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#985	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#856	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#897	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#765	43	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#659	51	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#655	51	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#812	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#748	39	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#789	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#555	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#580	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#452	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#428	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#383	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#324	12	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#364	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#481	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#272	17	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#311	14	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#265	19	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#252	22	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#226	28	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#175	39	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#187	35	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#144	51	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#134	59	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#112	71	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#131	62	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#95	86	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#81	95	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#82	104	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#51	149	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#54	141	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#46	172	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#42	188	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#33	225	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#33	214	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#19	321	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#15	362	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#21	333	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#17	371	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#20	376	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#19	377	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#23	368	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#34	292	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#54	175	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#51	179	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#58	159	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#68	124	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#73	122	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#85	90	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#79	97	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#89	83	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#123	51	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#126	48	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#135	42	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#146	34	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#146	36	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#156	29	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#186	21	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#231	14	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#254	11	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#369	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#250	11	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#336	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#283	9	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#357	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#286	9	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#250	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2024, ranked in 80 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #15, first reached in 1975.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 25 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 377 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Else · #15, 80y
Rolf · #14, 81y
Cecilie · #17, 79y
Leif · #17, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ellen · #15, 81y
Else · #15, 80y
Erik · #15, 81y
Gunn · #15, 60y

Comparisons involving Ronny

Existing comparison pages where Ronny and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Ronny in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Aksel vs Ronny
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Boys, Aksel rose about as far as Ronny fell — from #174 and #250 in 1945 to #25 and #515 in 2011.
Aksel · Ronny · 62 shared years, 1945–2011 · Mirrored each other
See the 2011 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Ronny
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Boys, Andreas rose about as far as Ronny fell — from #140 and #250 in 1945 to #16 and #515 in 2011.
Andreas · Ronny · 62 shared years, 1945–2011 · Mirrored each other
See the 2011 Norway ranking
Daniel vs Ronny
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Boys, Daniel rose about as far as Ronny fell — from #280 and #250 in 1945 to #13 and #515 in 2011.
Daniel · Ronny · 62 shared years, 1945–2011 · Mirrored each other
See the 2011 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Ronny measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Ronny at its highest position.

David vs Ronny
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Boys, David rose about as far as Ronny fell — from #167 and #250 in 1945 to #43 and #515 in 2011.
David · Ronny · 62 shared years, 1945–2011 · Mirrored each other
See the 2011 Norway ranking
Eirik vs Ronny
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Boys, Eirik rose about as far as Ronny fell — from #136 and #250 in 1945 to #37 and #515 in 2011.
Eirik · Ronny · 62 shared years, 1945–2011 · Mirrored each other
See the 2011 Norway ranking
Emil vs Ronny
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Boys, Emil rose about as far as Ronny fell — from #271 and #250 in 1945 to #1 and #515 in 2011.
Emil · Ronny · 62 shared years, 1945–2011 · Mirrored each other
See the 2011 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Ronny was ranked #15 in Norway · Boys in 1975. 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.

Ronny 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 Ronny without appearing here.

Ronny moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1962 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #2754.
Brent Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #906 and #2304.
Robyn Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1467 and #2587.
Tor Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #906 and #1878.

Moved ahead of Ronny

Arlo Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1962 and #1188.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #748 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1055 and #625.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #748 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1055 and #668.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1243 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Ronny

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 while Aksel went from #174 to #25.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 while Andreas went from #140 to #16.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 while Christian went from #161 to #82.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 while Daniel went from #280 to #13.

Moved the same way as Ronny

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 and Anders from #55 to #114.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 and Arild from #32 to #485.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 and Arne from #6 to #208.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Ronny went from #250 to #515 and Arthur from #153 to #239.

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 2 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #15 in Norway in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ronny

Ronny at a glance

What stands out in Ronny's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ronny across 3 official records

Ronny by decade in Norway · Boys

Ronny appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Ronny

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Ronny

Ronny and the names beside it

Ronny moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ronny

Moved the opposite way to Ronny

Moved the same way as Ronny

Ronny at a glance

What stands out in Ronny's record

Ronny across 3 official records

Ronny by decade in Norway · Boys

Ronny appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Ronny

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Ronny

Ronny and the names beside it

Ronny moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ronny

Moved the opposite way to Ronny

Moved the same way as Ronny