Ronan
The 2025 national count puts Ronan at #247, at or near its all-time peak. Its record runs from 1959 through a 2025 peak, 20,679 children in all.
What Ronan carries
Ronan · Celtic
“seal (?)”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ronan since 1959
Ronan is at its all-time peak right now: #247 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ronan is most common
The state that gives Ronan most often, per boys born there, is Vermont (0.5% in 2025); Alaska and Hawaii are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ronan
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Rory
#199 in 2025 · Celtic
Owen
#31 in 2025 · Celtic
Finn
#206 in 2025 · Celtic
Reagan
#248 in 2025
Harvey
#251 in 2025 · Celtic
Oscar
#223 in 2025 · Celtic
Kevin
#221 in 2025 · Celtic
Reese
#192 in 2025
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About Ronan
How common is Ronan today?
The 2025 national count puts Ronan at #247, at or near its all-time peak. The full curve since 1959 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Ronan have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “seal (?)”, of Celtic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Ronan?
Nearest by the published recipe: Rory, Owen and Finn. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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