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Ronaldo

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Ronaldo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 81 births. Its best rank was 552nd, in 1998.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
810.00% of boys
Peak year
1998359 births
Best rank
#552in 1998
Since 1914
5,966people given the name
Babies named Ronaldo, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

5,966 boys have been named Ronaldo in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 359 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 35%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Ronaldo
1910s11
1920s30
1930s48
1940s77
1950s179
1960s225
1970s236
1980s269
1990s976
2000s2,096
2010s1,405
2020s414

In 1998, its biggest year

Ronaldo was the 552nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Ronaldo

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.