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Ron Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Ron?

Ranking 2,487th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Ron is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Ron has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 166, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1959.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1960 with 1,890 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Ron in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1928.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Ron occurred roughly during the years 1929-1947, and 1952-1959, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1948-1951, 1963-1967, 1969-1975, and 1980-1983.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Ron be?

The popularity trend for Ron has been moving downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Ron has risen.

The name Ron is quite distinctive but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Ron has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Ron (Girl)Ron (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 52 2,487
2017 < 5 -- 46 2,697
2016 < 5 -- 47 2,647
2015 < 5 -- 39 3,011
2014 < 5 -- 62 2,194
2013 < 5 -- 43 2,752
2012 < 5 -- 59 2,229
2011 < 5 -- 53 2,395
2010 < 5 -- 58 2,251
2009 < 5 -- 63 2,159
2008 < 5 -- 49 2,573
2007 < 5 -- 69 2,030
2006 < 5 -- 92 1,592
2005 < 5 -- 84 1,631
2004 < 5 -- 74 1,726
2003 < 5 -- 86 1,511
2002 < 5 -- 79 1,567
2001 < 5 -- 88 1,423
2000 < 5 -- 95 1,350
1999 < 5 -- 106 1,208
1998 < 5 -- 103 1,202
1997 < 5 -- 117 1,085
1996 < 5 -- 123 1,016
1995 < 5 -- 127 985
1994 < 5 -- 119 1,019
1993 < 5 -- 141 907
1992 < 5 -- 136 910
1991 < 5 -- 155 832
1990 < 5 -- 191 739
1989 < 5 -- 185 728
1988 < 5 -- 147 779
1987 < 5 -- 168 707
1986 < 5 -- 186 658
1985 < 5 -- 177 662
1984 < 5 -- 178 648
1983 5 11,591 180 640
1982 < 5 -- 241 557
1981 < 5 -- 242 541
1980 7 8,836 296 494
1979 < 5 -- 282 496
1978 < 5 -- 270 492
1977 7 8,205 310 457
1976 < 5 -- 345 417
1975 7 7,756 320 446
1974 < 5 -- 377 399
1973 < 5 -- 410 380
1972 5 9,282 499 345
1971 7 7,182 667 298
1970 < 5 -- 784 270
1969 8 5,850 1,004 230
1968 6 6,835 819 252
1967 8 5,337 842 241
1966 < 5 -- 940 230
1965 < 5 -- 1,144 213
1964 < 5 -- 1,334 209
1963 5 7,409 1,593 185
1962 5 7,361 1,706 178
1961 < 5 -- 1,839 170
1960 < 5 -- 1,890 170
1959 < 5 -- 1,877 166
1958 < 5 -- 1,701 175
1957 < 5 -- 1,281 208
1956 < 5 -- 764 262
1955 < 5 -- 500 331
1954 < 5 -- 404 358
1953 < 5 -- 349 368
1952 < 5 -- 277 415
1951 < 5 -- 287 402
1950 < 5 -- 349 360
1949 < 5 -- 526 294
1948 < 5 -- 770 232
1947 < 5 -- 922 210
1946 < 5 -- 829 207
1945 < 5 -- 545 244
1944 < 5 -- 523 255
1943 < 5 -- 522 265
1942 < 5 -- 425 293
1941 < 5 -- 293 336
1940 < 5 -- 214 389
1939 < 5 -- 198 406
1938 < 5 -- 142 486
1937 < 5 -- 137 488
1936 < 5 -- 93 603
1935 < 5 -- 84 651
1934 < 5 -- 65 767
1933 < 5 -- 38 1,072
1932 < 5 -- 25 1,418
1931 < 5 -- 16 1,914
1930 < 5 -- 13 2,275
1929 < 5 -- 8 3,205
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1926 < 5 -- 10 2,871
1925 < 5 -- 6 4,111
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1919 < 5 -- 6 4,087
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.