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How popular is the name Ronan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ronans are alive today.
Ronan (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 215th in 2025 with 232 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1999, when 249 babies were given the name, the 139th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 486 in 2010 before climbing back to the 215th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Ronan you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ronans born in England and Wales are between 7 and 28, and there are at least 4,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Ronan.
How many babies are named Ronan each year?
Where does Ronan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ronan most popular?
Ronan peaked in 1999, when 249 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ronan?
At least 4,500 people named Ronan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ronan?
Most living Ronans are between 7 and 28; the most common age is about 27. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Ronan becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.