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Roni

#6,502 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Advice + power, through Ronnie

Roni has been given to 5,529 babies in the U.S. since 1939. In 2025 it ranked #6,502 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1955, with 295 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Roni, 2025

1 in 184,000

Roni over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Roni over time

In 2025, Roni went to 62% girls and 38% boys.

19392025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Roni: meaning, origin, and history

Advice + power, through Ronnie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Roni means

Roni belongs to the name family reached through Roni → Ronnie → Ronald. Its meaning is “advice + power”.

Origin, language, and formation

Roni is used in Finnish.

Roni comes through English Ronnie.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ronnie and Ronald.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Roni is pronounced /ˈroni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,707 girls were recorded with the name Roni between 1939 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 295 in 1955; its best national rank was #535 in 1955.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,454 in 2020 to #6,502 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,425 in 2015 to #6,502 in 2025.

In the United States, 822 boys were recorded with the name Roni between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2007; its best national rank was #2,411 in 1955.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,382 in 2020 to #7,569 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,812 in 2015 to #7,569 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Roni?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 89,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,502
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Roni sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Roni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ronis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Roni was born before 1971 — so the typical Roni is around 54 today.

Median birth year
1971
About 54 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
20.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,382
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 20.5% of all recorded uses (967).

Is Roni 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
+688
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,048
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,077
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.72×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.1%
Peak was 1955 (295)
Years since peak
70
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#535
1955

Spellings of Roni

Roni is not the most common spelling — Rose is, with 21.7% against Roni's 0.20%.

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.

Where Roni is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Roni was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 63,241 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 20,000
  2. 2California1 in 33,333
  3. 3Washington1 in 33,333
  4. 4Ohio1 in 50,000
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 50,000
  6. 6Iowa1 in 100,000
  7. 7Idaho1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Roni has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Roni is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Roni was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 457,646 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Roni has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Roni around the world

Where Roni 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
    1996–2025
    #3,333
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1995–2008
    #650
    in 2008
  • Canada
    2019–2019
    #3,370
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Roni

People whose public names include Roni, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Roni in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Roni. Linked forms have their own page here.

RonRomiRonitRonniRonnyRonnieRooney

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Roni by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,502
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,048
Best rank ever
#535
1955
Peak year
1955
295 that year
First recorded
1939
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,707
Count in 2025
18

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,569
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,813
Best rank ever
#2,411
1955
Peak year
2007
44 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
822
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Roni

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

RonniRonaLoniRonnaRonnieEmoniRonaldJoniAmoniArmoniEboniRonanHarmoniAloniRoniaRoninSoniRondaRonicaRondiImoniRonnyToniDoni

Names with a curve like Roni

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Roni, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LesleeLissaLianeRisaJoanieLizabethMartiAndraJolynnLanitaSherieJoleen

Sibling names for Roni

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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