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Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling

RonIn Hebrew: רון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רוֹןRomanization: ron

Ron (Hebrew: רון) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 19,355 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 169 boys and ranked #120. Its peak year was 2003, with 566 babies.

People in Israel
19,355
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
169
rank #120
Peak year
2003
566 babies
USA, 2025
24
rank #4,249

Writing and saying Ron

In Hebrew letters the name is רון, read right to left. Ron is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ron" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name, Ron

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Ron by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ron: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ron in English-speaking countries

Ron in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202524#4,2491960 (1,888)
United Kingdom202510#2,3432005 (12)
England and Wales202510#2,2662005 (12)
Alberta20252#1,5711980 (6)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Ron has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ron

How do you write Ron in Hebrew?

Ron is written רון in Hebrew (with vowel points: רוֹן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ron".

How many people in Israel are named Ron?

19,355 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רון: 2,176 women and 17,179 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ron a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 88.8% of the people named רון are men.

What does the name Ron mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Ron"

Is Ron used outside Israel?

The name Ron appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 24 boys were given it in 2025 (#4,249), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 10 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.