At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- Not in the 2025 data · last seen 1975 (#4,309)
- Babies in 1975
- 7 (<0.01% of boys)
- Peak
- #1,152 in 1941
- First recorded
- 1927
Meaning of Ronold
Ronold arrives like a warm sunset over an Iberian courtyard, a name forged from the Old Norse Ragnvaldr—“mighty counselor”—and carried southward through Gaelic storytellers into modern English. Pronounced simply RON-uhld, it evokes both the steady drift of a gentle río and the bright laughter of a late-summer fiesta. Though it never stormed the top charts, Ronold has appeared in quiet swells of popularity from the Roaring ’20s through the swinging ’70s, each birth a soft promise of steadfast guidance and understated flair. Picture a little Ronold, cheeks rosy as marigolds under the Mediterranean sun, ready to offer wise counsel with a mischievous grin—just don’t be surprised if he jests that he’s not “Ronaldinho’s cousin,” but something uniquely his own.
How to pronounce Ronold
English
- Pronounced RON-uhld /ˈrɑnəld/
Popularity of Ronold in the U.S.
Ronold was last recorded in the U.S. in 1975, ranked #4,309 with 7 babies. It peaked at #1,152 in 1941. It first appears in the records in 1927.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1927–1975 49 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 7 | 4,309 | ▲ 919 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,228 | ▼ 723 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,505 | ▼ 1,514 |
| 1972 | 11 | 2,991 | ▲ 379 |
| 1971 | 9 | 3,370 | ▲ 151 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,521 | ▼ 1,607 |
| 1969 | 19 | 1,914 | ▲ 993 |
| 1968 | 9 | 2,907 | ▼ 1,298 |
| 1967 | 23 | 1,609 | ▲ 205 |
| 1966 | 18 | 1,814 | ▲ 456 |
| 1965 | 13 | 2,270 | ▲ 139 |
| 1964 | 12 | 2,409 | ▼ 617 |
| 1963 | 20 | 1,792 | ▲ 325 |
| 1962 | 15 | 2,117 | ▼ 47 |
| 1961 | 16 | 2,070 | ▼ 212 |
| 1960 | 19 | 1,858 | ▲ 253 |
| 1959 | 15 | 2,111 | ▼ 766 |
| 1958 | 33 | 1,345 | ▲ 289 |
| 1957 | 24 | 1,634 | ▲ 252 |
| 1956 | 18 | 1,886 | ▼ 383 |
| 1955 | 26 | 1,503 | ▲ 259 |
| 1954 | 19 | 1,762 | ▲ 337 |
| 1953 | 14 | 2,099 | ▼ 517 |
| 1952 | 23 | 1,582 | ▼ 287 |
| 1951 | 32 | 1,295 | ▼ 75 |
| 1950 | 35 | 1,220 | ▲ 189 |
| 1949 | 27 | 1,409 | ▼ 129 |
| 1948 | 32 | 1,280 | ▼ 9 |
| 1947 | 33 | 1,271 | ▲ 56 |
| 1946 | 28 | 1,327 | ▲ 118 |
| 1945 | 21 | 1,445 | ▲ 185 |
| 1944 | 18 | 1,630 | ▼ 287 |
| 1943 | 27 | 1,343 | ▲ 194 |
| 1942 | 21 | 1,537 | ▼ 385 |
| 1941 | 33 | 1,152 | ▲ 367 |
| 1940 | 20 | 1,519 | ▲ 117 |
| 1939 | 17 | 1,636 | ▼ 160 |
| 1938 | 21 | 1,476 | ▲ 352 |
| 1937 | 15 | 1,828 | ▲ 473 |
| 1936 | 10 | 2,301 | ▼ 372 |
| 1935 | 14 | 1,929 | ▼ 69 |
| 1934 | 15 | 1,860 | ▲ 354 |
| 1933 | 11 | 2,214 | ▼ 366 |
| 1932 | 16 | 1,848 | ▲ 623 |
| 1931 | 10 | 2,471 | ▲ 1,121 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,592 | ▼ 1,003 |
| 1929 | 10 | 2,589 | ▲ 1,108 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,697 | ▲ 513 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,210 | new |
Notable people named Ronold
- Ronold Wyeth Percival King was an American physicist and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work on microwave antennas.