Fonda

Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724

Peak · girls
1963 · 181 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,113
since 1910

Fonda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Fonda has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #764, 1963girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1997#13,7245
1996#13,5185
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1994#11,7786
1993#13,4425
1992#9,4918
1991#10,2717
1990#9,2478
1989#8,7618
1988#5,89513
1987#3,85722
1986#5,45913
1985#5,34813
1984#3,14427
1983#3,15126
1982#2,11548
1981#3,34025
1980#2,69934
1979#2,72432
1978#2,43136
1977#2,09145
1976#2,43933
1975#1,67257
1974#1,73352
1973#1,51062
1972#1,45666
1971#1,37677
1970#1,21292
1969#1,054108
1968#1,06698
1967#1,04697
1966#929118
1965#883128
1964#864145
1963#764181
1962#825161
1961#902143
1960#838152
1959#1,018108
1958#1,14386
1957#1,25470
1956#1,02799
1955#1,01098
1954#1,05786
1953#1,02688
1952#822123
1951#835114
1950#1,05376
1949#1,02376
1948#99377
1947#1,03174
1946#1,41938
1945#1,24941
1944#1,34036
1943#1,06257
1942#1,12649
1941#1,05248
1940#1,21836
1939#1,24035
1938#1,26833
1937#1,58023
1936#1,87317
1935#1,60622
1934#2,42412
1933#1,72320
1932#2,13015
1931#1,50225
1930#1,53526
1929#1,52626
1928#3,1649
1927#1,66925
1926#2,16517
1925#3,6648
1924#2,40915
1923#2,02119
1922#2,78012
1921#2,76212
1920#2,73112
1919#1,92119
1918#3,02410
1917#3,0929
1916#2,49812
1915#1,73819
1914#2,8767
1913#3,1875
1912#2,1448
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Fonda! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Fonda is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #724 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,922 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedINOhio: #754 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,801 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,443 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 21,972 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #610 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,050 girlsLAMississippi: #438 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,007 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedALGeorgia: #563 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,380 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedHITexas: #1,161 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,655 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Fonda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#438 · 1 in 3,007
  2. Georgia#563 · 1 in 5,380
  3. Louisiana#610 · 1 in 5,050
  4. Michigan#724 · 1 in 9,922
  5. Ohio#754 · 1 in 11,801

Best ever in a state: #286 in West Virginia, 1948.

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Mississippi#43861 in 3,007
Georgia#56371 in 5,380
Louisiana#61061 in 5,050
Michigan#72471 in 9,922
Ohio#75471 in 11,801
Texas#1,16161 in 15,655
California#1,44371 in 21,972
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Fonda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1951 (#1,053 → #835)
  • Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1953 (#822 → #1,026)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1963 at #764 (181 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1960–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,649
  • Highest: 1 in 10,649 girls born in 1963 were named Fonda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 32.4% of all girls named Fonda (1,331) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s94#1,738 (1915)#2,542
1920s155#1,526 (1929)#2,489
1930s228#1,240 (1939)#1,688
1940s532#993 (1948)#1,151
1950s948#822 (1952)#1,025
1960s1,331#764 (1963)#917
1970s552#1,212 (1970)#1,864
1980s229#2,115 (1982)#4,377
1990s44#9,247 (1990)#11,639

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Fonda in 1968

girls
#1,066
98 births · 1 in 16,739 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #1,066Fonda98
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 16,739 of them was named Fonda, which outranked 87.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fonda
  1. #1,056Lily99
  2. #1,056Merry99
  3. #1,056Shantel99
  4. #1,066Fonda98
  5. #1,066Cristin98
  6. #1,066Dyan98
  7. #1,066Janene98
  8. #1,074Ami97
  9. #1,074Angella97
  10. #1,074Autumn97

Tied with 7 names at #1,066; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →