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In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 2006 Boys 2017 per million babies of that sex 7,988 babies given this name since 1948 At its height in 2017, about 1 in 10,100 boys 246 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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