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Ronin

#504 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly a ronin

Ronin has been given to 10,494 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #504 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 790 recorded.

Babies named Ronin, 2025

1 in 5,530

Ronin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ronin: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly a ronin

coinages

What Ronin means

Ronin may mean “a ronin”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From modern films and comics, perhaps literally "a ronin".

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ronin is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Ronin is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,272 boys were recorded with the name Ronin between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 790 in 2020; its best national rank was #390 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #390 in 2020 to #504 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #486 in 2015 to #504 in 2025.

In the United States, 222 girls were recorded with the name Ronin between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2020; its best national rank was #5,455 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,455 in 2020 to #6,774 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,776 in 2015 to #6,774 in 2025.

How common is Ronin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,530
600 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,850
0.04% of boys
Rank, 2025
#504
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
3,831 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ronin 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 1002%
School of 5009%

Put another way: gather 3,831 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ronin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ronins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ronin was born before 2018 — so the typical Ronin is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,272
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.5% of all recorded uses (4,674).

Is Ronin 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
−9
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−114
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−18
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.99×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.9%
Peak was 2020 (790)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#390
2020

Spellings of Ronin

Ronin is not the most common spelling — Ronnie is, with 25.1% against Ronin's 1.4%.

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 Ronin is used

Across 2016–2025, Ronin was most concentrated in Alaska — about 1 in 667 boys, against 1 in 2,401 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in 9,091).

11150 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alaska1 in 667
  2. 2Hawaii1 in 671
  3. 3Idaho1 in 990
  4. 4Nevada1 in 1,099
  5. 5Oregon1 in 1,176
  6. 6Utah1 in 1,235
  7. 7Colorado1 in 1,370
  8. 8Washington1 in 1,370

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.

Geographically, Ronin is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 59% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Ronin around the world

Where Ronin 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
    1999–2025
    #1,406
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1999–2025
    #647
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2006–2015
    #415
    in 2015
  • Ireland
    2003–2011
    #730
    in 2011
  • France
    2010–2017
    #6,234
    in 2017
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2002–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ronin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#504
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 114
Best rank ever
#390
2020
Peak year
2020
790 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,272
Count in 2025
600

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,774
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,319
Best rank ever
#5,455
2020
Peak year
2020
23 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
222
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Ronin

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

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Names with a curve like Ronin

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

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Sibling names for Ronin

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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