Name profile

Ronaldo

Portuguese form of Ronald.

Usage languagesmultiple languages, Portuguese
US rank (2025)#1,976

Meaning and history

Portuguese form of Ronald. A notable bearer is the retired Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (1976–), who is commonly known simply as Ronaldo.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 264 births, rank #784
2007: 212 births, rank #934
2008: 179 births, rank #1,058
2009: 196 births, rank #1,004
2010: 204 births, rank #969
20112011: 154 births, rank #1,159
2012: 144 births, rank #1,226
2013: 148 births, rank #1,211
2014: 161 births, rank #1,166
2015: 160 births, rank #1,162
20162016: 129 births, rank #1,373
2017: 119 births, rank #1,439
2018: 103 births, rank #1,593
2019: 83 births, rank #1,823
2020: 83 births, rank #1,798
20212021: 81 births, rank #1,884
2022: 85 births, rank #1,861
2023: 84 births, rank #1,875
2024: 81 births, rank #1,938
20252025: 77 births, rank #1,976

Ronaldo moved from #937 to #970 for boys between 2007 and 2010. Its highest annual birth count came in 1998, with 359 births.