How Many People Are Named Ronita?
An estimated 600 people in the United States have the first name Ronita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 52 years old, and Ronita peaked in popularity in 1974 with 31 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ronita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ronita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
600
About 1 in 571,257 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
52
years old
Peak Year
1974
31 births
Total Registered
713
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ronita
Ronita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 713 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ronita as a female name
Ranked #14,049 in 1999
6 female births in 1999
Peak: 1974 (31 births)
Ronita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ronita span from the 1940s to the 1990s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 195 babies were registered. While Ronita is less common than at its peak in the 1970s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Ronita by Decade
How has Ronita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ronita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ronita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ronita
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Ronita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ronita?
We estimate approximately 600 people named Ronita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 571,257 Americans share this first name.
Is Ronita a common name?
Ronita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 713 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ronita most popular?
Ronita reached peak popularity in 1974, when 31 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ronita is approximately 52 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ronita a female name?
Ronita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ronita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ronita Smith, Ronita Johnson, Ronita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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