Thirty years of Ronnie
Ronnie in numbers
Ronnie has climbed from 66 boys in 1996 to 1,281 in 2025, close to its peak of 1,285 in 2021. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2011 and 2014, from 426 to 756. It ranked 352nd in 1996 and reached 39th in 2025, its best place so far: fewer babies get the name than at its peak, but the names above it have fallen further. On average it was given to 81 boys a year in the late 1990s, 271 in the 2000s, 756 in the 2010s and 1,188 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+21%1,059 to 1,281
- 5 years+9%1,172 to 1,281
- 10 years+61%798 to 1,281
- 20 years+340%291 to 1,281
- Since 1996×1966 to 1,281
- Total, 1996 to 202517,726boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 39 · ONS · 1,059 in 2024
Rank 111 · NRS · 32 in 2024
Rank 149 · NISRA · 12 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 1,281 | +21% | 1 in 235 |
| 2024 | 49 | 1,059 | -13% | 1 in 288 |
| 2023 | 46 | 1,222 | +10% | 1 in 248 |
| 2022 | 52 | 1,106 | -14% | 1 in 281 |
| 2021 | 48 | 1,285 | +10% | 1 in 249 |
| 2020 | 54 | 1,172 | +18% | 1 in 268 |
| 2019 | 64 | 992 | +0% | 1 in 332 |
| 2018 | 66 | 989 | +1% | 1 in 341 |
| 2017 | 63 | 978 | +6% | 1 in 356 |
| 2016 * | 70 | 921 | +15% | 1 in 387 |
| 2015 | =83 | 798 | +6% | 1 in 449 |
| 2014 | 86 | 756 | +13% | 1 in 472 |
| 2013 | 90 | 671 | +12% | 1 in 534 |
| 2012 | 105 | 599 | +41% | 1 in 625 |
| 2011 | 142 | 426 | -1% | 1 in 871 |
| 2010 | 140 | 432 | -5% | 1 in 859 |
| 2009 | 131 | 453 | -8% | 1 in 799 |
| 2008 | 116 | 491 | +36% | 1 in 739 |
| 2007 | 150 | 361 | +21% | 1 in 982 |
| 2006 | 163 | 298 | +2% | 1 in 1,149 |
| 2005 | 160 | 291 | +4% | 1 in 1,136 |
| 2004 | =161 | 280 | +45% | 1 in 1,173 |
| 2003 | =195 | 193 | +48% | 1 in 1,650 |
| 2002 | =230 | 130 | +6% | 1 in 2,354 |
| 2001 | 238 | 123 | +31% | 1 in 2,477 |
| 2000 | =287 | 94 | +12% | 1 in 3,294 |
| 1999 | =315 | 84 | -8% | 1 in 3,801 |
| 1998 | =285 | 91 | +8% | 1 in 3,581 |
| 1997 | =305 | 84 | +27% | 1 in 3,923 |
| 1996 | =352 | 66 | 1 in 5,053 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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