Ronnie
Pronounced R AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1947
- 122 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Ronnie?
Ronnie is a boys' name, and first appears in 1903. It has been given to 209,430 children — the 189th most common boys' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 37% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1947, when 6,577 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Ronny, Ronney and Rani — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Ronnie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ronny
- Ronney
- Rani
Nicknames
Ronnie is itself a short form of Ronald.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R AA1 N IY0 · R AA1 N N EY1
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ronnie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ronnie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ronnie?
- Ronnie ranks 189th among boys' names in US records, with 209,430 births since 1903. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,874.
- Is Ronnie a unisex name?
- No. Ronnie is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ronnie most popular?
- 1947, when 6,577 children were given the name. It has been in use for 122 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Ronnie spelled?
- Ronny, Ronney, Rani. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.