Rhonda

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1965 · 10,949 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
24 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
208,069
since 1910

Rhonda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #37, 1965girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619—
2024#11,1228—
2023#6,16919—
2022#6,46418—
2021#10,2929—
2020#8,40612—
2019#6,69817—
2018#5,78521—
2017#6,28719—
2016#5,44524—
2015#6,72118—
2014#4,45532—
2013#5,64423—
2012#4,38733—
2011#6,33520—
2010#4,39733—
2009#5,22627—
2008#4,44834—
2007#4,38034—
2006#3,50545—
2005#3,40444—
2004#2,78158—
2003#2,57762—
2002#2,26372—
2001#2,28870—
2000#1,705103—
1999#1,560108—
1998#2,06671—
1997#1,377124—
1996#1,491109—
1995#1,225140—
1994#961193—
1993#817245—
1992#767271—
1991#682314—
1990#605373—
1989#559401#7,9055
1988#487463—
1987#385607—
1986#367639—
1985#353668—
1984#288835#4,9737
1983#255939#5,4846
1982#2271,132#6,3855
1981#1991,355#4,9617
1980#1791,533#5,5256
1979#1631,716#4,4038
1978#1601,726#5,7725
1977#1312,162#4,1648
1976#1072,460#3,26411
1975#933,167#1,94824
1974#863,525#2,79913
1973#704,161#1,98221
1972#605,001#2,32316
1971#466,649#1,74526
1970#467,379#1,88922
1969#447,917#1,57027
1968#428,268#1,65023
1967#419,072#1,16541
1966#399,805#1,68421
1965#3710,949#1,36032
1964#439,713#1,70022
1963#459,356#1,62824
1962#459,803#1,66923
1961#469,469#1,55227
1960#449,255#2,04216
1959#458,861#1,75921
1958#488,341#2,17714
1957#528,051#2,09315
1956#627,521#1,76520
1955#716,171#2,21913
1954#716,100#2,7439
1953#855,029#2,28712
1952#953,963#2,51410
1951#1113,212#2,49510
1950#1252,567—
1949#1571,867#3,0197
1948#248908—
1947#316603#3,0967
1946#306580—
1945#409302—
1944#565166—
1943#731112—
1942#711109—
1941#699101—
1940#83473—
1939#93057—
1938#84071—
1937#99250—
1936#1,03945—
1935#98449—
1934#1,22134—
1933#1,60622—
1932#2,23514#3,7765
1931#1,68621—
1930#3,0559—
1929#2,73711—
1928#2,76811—
1927#3,8757—
1926#4,3066—
1925#3,3629—
1924#3,6658—
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1921#5,0995—
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First appearance
1910

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


Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rhonda is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #62 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 230 girlsAKMaine: #36 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 147 girlsMEVermont: #81 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 325 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #73 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 290 girlsNHWashington: #59 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 252 girlsWAIdaho: #62 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 254 girlsIDMontana: #42 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 157 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #39 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 152 girlsNDMinnesota: #81 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 363 girlsMNIllinois: #61 for girls · 387 births · 1 in 280 girlsILWisconsin: #87 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 403 girlsWIMichigan: #76 for girls · 313 births · 1 in 304 girlsMINew York: #126 for girls · 285 births · 1 in 594 girlsNYMassachusetts: #129 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 737 girlsMARhode Island: #90 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 427 girlsRIOregon: #40 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 179 girlsORNevada: #33 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 120 girlsNVWyoming: #28 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 110 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #34 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 148 girlsSDIowa: #34 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 135 girlsIAIndiana: #37 for girls · 340 births · 1 in 153 girlsINOhio: #49 for girls · 507 births · 1 in 219 girlsOHPennsylvania: #114 for girls · 245 births · 1 in 482 girlsPANew Jersey: #142 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 789 girlsNJConnecticut: #134 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 691 girlsCTCalifornia: #60 for girls · 601 births · 1 in 273 girlsCAUtah: #114 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 478 girlsUTColorado: #38 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 167 girlsCONebraska: #32 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 149 girlsNEMissouri: #33 for girls · 305 births · 1 in 148 girlsMOKentucky: #37 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 151 girlsKYWest Virginia: #39 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 159 girlsWVVirginia: #53 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 217 girlsVAMaryland: #69 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 279 girlsMDDelaware: #108 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 437 girlsDEArizona: #61 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 248 girlsAZNew Mexico: #60 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 221 girlsNMKansas: #26 for girls · 184 births · 1 in 118 girlsKSArkansas: #36 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 151 girlsARTennessee: #42 for girls · 237 births · 1 in 159 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #45 for girls · 261 births · 1 in 194 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #53 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 218 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #106 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 401 girlsDCOklahoma: #24 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 109 girlsOKLouisiana: #34 for girls · 247 births · 1 in 161 girlsLAMississippi: #45 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 190 girlsMSAlabama: #32 for girls · 275 births · 1 in 133 girlsALGeorgia: #43 for girls · 252 births · 1 in 183 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedHITexas: #37 for girls · 644 births · 1 in 179 girlsTXFlorida: #53 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 231 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#24 · 1 in 109
  2. Kansas#26 · 1 in 118
  3. Wyoming#28 · 1 in 110
  4. Alabama#32 · 1 in 133
  5. Nebraska#32 · 1 in 149

Best ever in a state: #8 in Oklahoma, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#242011 in 109
Kansas#261841 in 118
Wyoming#28261 in 110
Alabama#322751 in 133
Nebraska#32951 in 149
Missouri#333051 in 148
Nevada#33181 in 120
Iowa#342111 in 135
Louisiana#342471 in 161
South Dakota#34481 in 148
Arkansas#361231 in 151
Maine#36671 in 147
Indiana#373401 in 153
Kentucky#372231 in 151
Texas#376441 in 179
Colorado#381121 in 167
North Dakota#39441 in 152
West Virginia#391241 in 159
Oregon#40891 in 179
Montana#42461 in 157
Tennessee#422371 in 159
Georgia#432521 in 183
Mississippi#451371 in 190
North Carolina#452611 in 194
Ohio#495071 in 219
Florida#531991 in 231
South Carolina#531301 in 218
Virginia#531911 in 217
Washington#591141 in 252
California#606011 in 273
New Mexico#60521 in 221
Arizona#61551 in 248
Illinois#613871 in 280
Alaska#62121 in 230
Idaho#62251 in 254
Maryland#691091 in 279
New Hampshire#73191 in 290
Michigan#763131 in 304
Minnesota#811061 in 363
Vermont#81111 in 325
Wisconsin#871091 in 403
Rhode Island#90201 in 427
District of Columbia#106341 in 401
Delaware#108111 in 437
Pennsylvania#1142451 in 482
Utah#114221 in 478
New York#1262851 in 594
Massachusetts#129731 in 737
Connecticut#134361 in 691
New Jersey#142731 in 789
Hawaii———

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 Rhonda
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 5,006 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #6,116)
  • 2,290 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #6,116)
  • 605 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #6,116)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1935 (#1,221 → #984)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1995 (#961 → #1,225)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1965 at #37 (10,949 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1952–1975
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1937–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 161
  • Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 1965 were named Rhonda (0.62%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 45.0% of all girls named Rhonda (93,607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s42#2,398 (1910)#3,307
1920s71#2,479 (1922)#3,536
1930s372#840 (1938)#1,459
1940s4,821#157 (1949)#498
1950s59,816#45 (1959)#77
1960s93,607#37 (1965)#43
1970s37,946#46 (1970)#96
1980s8,572#179 (1980)#330
1990s1,948#605 (1990)#1,155
2000s549#1,705 (2000)#3,258
2010s240#4,387 (2012)#5,615
2020s85#6,116 (2025)#8,095

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.

Rhonda in 1957

girls
#52
8,051 births · 1 in 254 girls
boys
#2,093
15 births · 1 in 143,816 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #52Rhonda8,051

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #2,093Rhonda15
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 254 of them was named Rhonda, which outranked 99.3% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhonda
  1. #49Paula8,544
  2. #50Betty8,479
  3. #51Vicki8,105
  4. #52Rhonda8,051
  5. #53Judith8,024
  6. #54Gail7,952
  7. #55Sherry7,804
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 143,816 of them was named Rhonda, which outranked 54.0% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhonda
  1. #2,019Worth16
  2. #2,019Young16
  3. #2,019Yvonne16
  4. #2,093Rhonda15
  5. #2,093Algie15
  6. #2,093Ali15
  7. #2,093Alpha15
  8. #2,190Abran14
  9. #2,190Armon14
  10. #2,190Arsenio14

Tied with 96 names at #2,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 714Dion#1,642 → #928
  2. ↑ 404Wes#1,317 → #913
  3. ↑ 371Antoine#1,232 → #861
  4. ↑ 340Domenick#1,335 → #995
  5. ↑ 329Mitch#868 → #539
Fallers
  1. ↓ 458Lannie#999 → #1,457
  2. ↓ 402Desi#986 → #1,388
  3. ↓ 354Gavin#924 → #1,278
  4. ↓ 317Murphy#917 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 288Eliot#897 → #1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →