Rhoda

Where Rhoda comes from

From Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē, “woman from Rhodes”) or ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rhoda
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1840
    Rhoda Broughton born
    Welsh novelist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #175 among girls — 73 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1881
    Peak, #159
    84 babies named Rhoda — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    Rhoda Griffis born
    American actress
  5. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,972.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Rhoda Griffis · American actress, born 1965
  • Rhoda Broughton · Welsh novelist, 1840–1920
  • Rhoda Rennie · swimmer, 1909–1963
  • Rhoda Scott · American musician, born 1938
  • Rhoda Williams · American actress, 1930–2006

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.