Rhonda

Where Rhonda comes from

Modern coinage explained as Welsh rhon (“pike, lance”) + da (“good”)
— Wiktionary's entry for Rhonda
  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Rhonda Fleming born
    American actress
  3. 1951
    Rhonda Byrne born
    Australian writer and producer
  4. 1965
    Peak, #37
    10,949 babies named Rhonda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #60.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
Namesakes
  • Rhonda Fleming · American actress, 1923–2020
  • Rhonda Byrne · Australian writer and producer, born 1951
  • Rhonda Jo Petty · American pornographic actress, born 1955
  • Rhonda Vincent · American musician, born 1962
  • Rhonda Shear · American actress, television personality, and comedian, born 1954

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.