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Ronit

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Ronit has been given to 895 babies in the U.S. since 1998. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 47 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.

Babies named Ronit, 2024

1 in 478,000

Ronit over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2024, Ronit went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19642024

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.

Ronit: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ronit means

Ronit has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Ronit

A separate documented entry treats Ronit as a form of Rathnait. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Ronit as a feminine form of Ron. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 554 boys were recorded with the name Ronit between 1998 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 47 in 2002; its best national rank was #2,238 in 2002.

In the United States, 341 girls were recorded with the name Ronit between 1964 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1978; its best national rank was #3,925 in 1969.

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.

How common is Ronit?

Ronit had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 478,000
7 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 246,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
331,009 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ronit 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 2024 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 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ronit. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ronits were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ronit was born before 2008 — so the typical Ronit is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
55.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
554
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2000s — 55.4% of all recorded uses (307).

Is Ronit 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2002 (47)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,238
2002

Spellings of Ronit

Ronit is not the most common spelling — Ronnie is, with 55.1% against Ronit's 0.17%.

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 Ronit is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ronit was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 339,401 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 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. Ronit has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ronit is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ronit was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 361,002 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —

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. Ronit has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ronit around the world

Where Ronit 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
    2002–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2001–2023
    #2,436
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2005–2011
    #784
    in 2011

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

Ronit by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,238
2002
Peak year
2002
47 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
554
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,925
1969
Peak year
1978
17 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
341
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ronit

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

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Sibling names for Ronit

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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