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Its wave through time A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1966 per million babies of that sex 4,296 babies given this name since 1932 At its height in 1966, about 1 in 11,000 girls 6 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Ronald Boy A Scottish form of Old Norse Rögnvaldr: regin 'advice, the gods' + valdr 'ruler'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1943 Randall Boy A medieval form of Randolph, from Germanic rand 'shield rim' + wulf 'wolf'. Middle Ages · peak 1960 Ronnie Boy A pet form of Ronald, from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, from regin 'counsel, the gods' + valdr 'ruler'. Modern · peak 1946 Renee Girl From French Renée, the feminine of René, from Latin renatus 'reborn'. Modern · peak 1967 René Boy From Latin Renatus 'born again'. Middle Ages · peak 1969 Randolph Boy From Germanic rand 'shield rim' and wulf 'wolf'. Middle Ages · peak 1952 · forgotten Ron Boy A short form of Ronald, from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, from regin 'counsel, the gods' + valdr 'ruler'. Modern · peak 1960 · forgotten Ronda Girl A spelling of Rhonda, a 20th-century coinage probably influenced by the Rhondda valley in Wales; the claimed meaning… Modern · peak 1967 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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