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Ringo

#9,519 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Ringo has been given to 253 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #9,519 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1965, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Ringo, 2025

1 in 414,000

Ringo over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ringo: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Japanese

What Ringo means

Ringo is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From ring + -o. From the stage name of one of the Beatles, Ringo Starr, actually named Richard Starkey, the drummer of the quartet. From ring, from the rings worn by Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ringo (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ringo is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 253 boys were recorded with the name Ringo between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1965; its best national rank was #1,901 in 1965.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,992 in 2015 to #9,519 in 2025.

How common is Ringo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,519
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ringo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ringo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ringos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ringo was born before 1984 — so the typical Ringo is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
25.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
253
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 25.7% of all recorded uses (65).

Is Ringo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,527
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
44.4%
Peak was 1965 (18)
Years since peak
60
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,901
1965

Spellings of Ringo

Ringo is not the most common spelling — Diego is, with 52.7% against Ringo's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ringo around the world

Where Ringo ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2015–2015
    #4,747
    in 2015
  • France
    1967–2015
    #5,979
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ringo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,519
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,901
1965
Peak year
1965
18 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
253
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Ringo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ringo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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