Ronny
Meaning and origin
From English Ronny. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1932.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ronny (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ronny has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 81 | 6,812 |
| 2000 | 79 | 6,848 |
| 2001 | 75 | 6,872 |
| 2002 | 74 | 6,898 |
| 2003 | 71 | 6,990 |
| 2004 | 70 | 7,009 |
| 2005 | 68 | 6,962 |
| 2006 | 65 | 6,982 |
| 2007 | 64 | 6,942 |
| 2008 | 62 | 6,986 |
| 2009 | 60 | 6,968 |
| 2010 | 59 | 6,936 |
| 2011 | 53 | 6,907 |
| 2012 | 49 | 6,871 |
| 2013 | 48 | 6,822 |
| 2014 | 44 | 6,776 |
| 2015 | 40 | 6,746 |
| 2016 | 41 | 6,706 |
| 2017 | 39 | 6,651 |
| 2018 | 38 | 6,604 |
| 2019 | 37 | 6,554 |
| 2020 | 36 | 6,497 |
Ronny in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ronny.Hi! My name is Ronny.
- Ronny bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Ronny lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Ronny kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ronny is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ronnys mamma är lärare.Ronny's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ronnys mamma is Ronny's mum.
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Questions about Ronny
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What does the name Ronny mean?
From English Ronny. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1932.
How popular is Ronny in Sweden?
3 babies were named Ronny in 2022. In 2020, 6,533 people in Sweden had Ronny as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2005 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.