Rhona
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 89 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,687since 1915
Rhona over time
Rank among girls' names. Rhona has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 |
| 1954 | #1,241 | 64 |
| 1953 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 |
| 1951 | #988 | 89 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1948 | #1,223 | 55 |
| 1947 | #1,120 | 64 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Rhona! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rhona is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#383 · 1 in 4,701
- Massachusetts#456 · 1 in 9,799
- Pennsylvania#639 · 1 in 14,210
Best ever in a state: #230 in Maryland, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #383 | 32 | 1 in 4,701 |
| Massachusetts | #456 | 5 | 1 in 9,799 |
| Pennsylvania | #639 | 8 | 1 in 14,210 |
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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 Rhona
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1951 (#1,333 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1952 (#988 → #1,368)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1951 at #988 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1951
- Highest: 1 in 20,234 girls born in 1951 were named Rhona (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 269,425 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 30.6% of all girls named Rhona (516) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,795 (1915) | #3,939 |
| 1920s | 72 | #2,497 (1928) | #3,763 |
| 1930s | 155 | #1,650 (1938) | #2,121 |
| 1940s | 365 | #1,120 (1947) | #1,525 |
| 1950s | 516 | #988 (1951) | #1,449 |
| 1960s | 316 | #1,715 (1963) | #2,170 |
| 1970s | 136 | #3,062 (1971) | #5,180 |
| 1980s | 22 | #6,955 (1985) | #8,107 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 23 | #12,408 (2003) | #14,798 |
| 2010s | 64 | #7,762 (2018) | #9,950 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,453 (2020) | #13,453 |
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.
Rhona in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 27,699 of them was named Rhona, which outranked 81.7% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,106Randee65
- #1,106Sharan65
- #1,106Suzy65
- #1,120Rhona64
- #1,120Charlette64
- #1,120Christene64
- #1,120Darcy64
- #1,127Adelina63
- #1,127Adell63
- #1,127Cathey63
Tied with 6 names at #1,120; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.