Boy
Ronald
Rooted in Old Norse, Ronald is a boy's name that means "Ruler's counsel". It had its heyday in the 1940s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is instantly recognizable in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 1,081,588 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
Old NorseRuler's counsel
Old NorseAnglicized form of Ragnvald, ruler's advisor
Births by decade
1900s
617
1910s
5,308
1920s
21,013
1930s
140,794
1940s
283,118
1950s
271,772
1960s
182,975
1970s
82,369
1980s
47,042
1990s
26,733
2000s
13,636
2010s
6,211
Peaked in the 1940s · 1,081,588 total U.S. births since 1900