as a First Name
From the Old Norse personal name Rögnvaldr (composed of regin ‘advice, decision’ (also, ‘the gods’) + valdr ‘ruler’). This name was regularly used in the Middle Ages in northern England and Scotland, where Scandinavian influence was strong. It is now widespread throughout the English-speaking world.
| 35th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Millions
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,001,622
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 1,071,453
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Ronald per capita
- 1943
- marked the height of its popularity
0.10%
99.90%
57%
55+
55+
35%
30-54
30-54
5%
13-29
13-29
3%
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