Boy
Ron
Ron is a boy's name meaning "Old Norse regin (advice) + valdr (ruler)", drawing on Old Norse roots. It belongs mostly to the 1960s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. 1960 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EtymologyShort for Ronald
Old NorseOld Norse "regin" (advice) + "valdr" (ruler)
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
6
1920s
36
1930s
811
1940s
5,570
1950s
7,786
1960s
13,143
1970s
4,290
1980s
2,011
1990s
1,318
2000s
779
2010s
407
Peaked in the 1960s · 36,157 total U.S. births since 1900