Ronan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Rรณnรกn, anglicised as Ronan, is an Irish and Breton male given name and surname derived from rรณn, the Irish word for 'seal'. The given name dates back to Primitive Irish in the form แšแš‘แš…แšแš…แš… [แš‹แšแšŠ แš‰แš‘แš‹แš‘แšŒแšแš…แš…], found as an ogham inscription which translates as 'Rรณnรกn, son of Comgรกn'.

From Wikipedia

Ronan first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 249 babies (rank #139 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ronan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ronan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,386
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
249
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996105#270
1997151#216
1998190#178
1999249#139
2000218#165
2001103#271
200274#345
200380#343
200486#350
200598#326
200675#439
200784#425
200881#449
200984#445
201073#489
2011102#389
2012104#397
201395#431
2014104#393
2015115#382
2016115#390