Ronan
Pronounced R OW1 N AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 66 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Ronan?
Ronan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1959. It has been given to 20,615 children — the 758th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,473 children were given it.
Ronen is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Ronan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ronen
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R OW1 N AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ronan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ronan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ronan?
- Ronan ranks 758th among boys' names in US records, with 20,615 births since 1959. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,836.
- Is Ronan a unisex name?
- No. Ronan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ronan most popular?
- 2024, when 1,473 children were given the name. It has been in use for 66 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Ronan spelled?
- Ronen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.