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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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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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 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #43 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 145 girlsAKMaine: #37 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 144 girlsMEVermont: #96 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 360 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #116 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 457 girlsNHWashington: #66 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 250 girlsWAIdaho: #50 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 184 girlsIDMontana: #38 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 139 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #56 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 207 girlsNDMinnesota: #71 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 285 girlsMNIllinois: #51 for girls · 464 births · 1 in 232 girlsILWisconsin: #70 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 274 girlsWIMichigan: #59 for girls · 384 births · 1 in 230 girlsMINew York: #117 for girls · 320 births · 1 in 524 girlsNYMassachusetts: #99 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 454 girlsMARhode Island: #66 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 255 girlsRIOregon: #40 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 168 girlsORNevada: #51 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 166 girlsNVWyoming: #38 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 138 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #33 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 116 girlsSDIowa: #34 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 126 girlsIAIndiana: #30 for girls · 395 births · 1 in 128 girlsINOhio: #48 for girls · 531 births · 1 in 198 girlsOHPennsylvania: #95 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 352 girlsPANew Jersey: #121 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 567 girlsNJConnecticut: #127 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 586 girlsCTCalifornia: #48 for girls · 776 births · 1 in 222 girlsCAUtah: #115 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 464 girlsUTColorado: #39 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 156 girlsCONebraska: #44 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 166 girlsNEMissouri: #34 for girls · 321 births · 1 in 139 girlsMOKentucky: #32 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 134 girlsKYWest Virginia: #29 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 123 girlsWVVirginia: #38 for girls · 237 births · 1 in 168 girlsVAMaryland: #88 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 347 girlsMDDelaware: #119 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 380 girlsDEArizona: #55 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 226 girlsAZNew Mexico: #45 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 187 girlsNMKansas: #30 for girls · 182 births · 1 in 115 girlsKSArkansas: #21 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 107 girlsARTennessee: #37 for girls · 260 births · 1 in 140 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #39 for girls · 299 births · 1 in 162 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #41 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 167 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #81 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 307 girlsDCOklahoma: #22 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 101 girlsOKLouisiana: #21 for girls · 296 births · 1 in 131 girlsLAMississippi: #49 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 215 girlsMSAlabama: #24 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 125 girlsALGeorgia: #36 for girls · 303 births · 1 in 147 girlsGAHawaii: #145 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 500 girlsHITexas: #31 for girls · 750 births · 1 in 151 girlsTXFlorida: #48 for girls · 248 births · 1 in 203 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#21 · 1 in 107
  2. Louisiana#21 · 1 in 131
  3. Oklahoma#22 · 1 in 101
  4. Alabama#24 · 1 in 125
  5. West Virginia#29 · 1 in 123

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#211661 in 107
Louisiana#212961 in 131
Oklahoma#222071 in 101
Alabama#242771 in 125
West Virginia#291421 in 123
Indiana#303951 in 128
Kansas#301821 in 115
Texas#317501 in 151
Kentucky#322391 in 134
South Dakota#33611 in 116
Iowa#342241 in 126
Missouri#343211 in 139
Georgia#363031 in 147
Maine#37691 in 144
Tennessee#372601 in 140
Montana#38481 in 139
Virginia#382371 in 168
Wyoming#38211 in 138
Colorado#391251 in 156
North Carolina#392991 in 162
Oregon#40961 in 168
South Carolina#411561 in 167
Alaska#43181 in 145
Nebraska#44871 in 166
New Mexico#45661 in 187
California#487761 in 222
Florida#482481 in 203
Ohio#485311 in 198
Mississippi#491181 in 215
Idaho#50351 in 184
Illinois#514641 in 232
Nevada#51141 in 166
Arizona#55671 in 226
North Dakota#56321 in 207
Michigan#593841 in 230
Rhode Island#66321 in 255
Washington#661131 in 250
Wisconsin#701641 in 274
Minnesota#711361 in 285
District of Columbia#81431 in 307
Maryland#88871 in 347
Pennsylvania#953171 in 352
Vermont#96101 in 360
Massachusetts#991161 in 454
Utah#115231 in 464
New Hampshire#116121 in 457
New York#1173201 in 524
Delaware#119121 in 380
New Jersey#1211021 in 567
Connecticut#127421 in 586
Hawaii#145121 in 500

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 1960

girls
#44
9,255 births · 1 in 218 girls
boys
#2,042
16 births · 1 in 133,270 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #44Rhonda9,255

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #2,042Rhonda16
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 218 of them was named Rhonda, which outranked 99.4% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhonda
  1. #41Janice9,620
  2. #42Catherine9,536
  3. #43Carolyn9,403
  4. #44Rhonda9,255
  5. #45Tina9,133
  6. #46Cathy9,130
  7. #47Connie8,881
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 133,270 of them was named Rhonda, which outranked 55.6% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhonda
  1. #1,973Yolanda17
  2. #1,973Zackery17
  3. #1,973Zeb17
  4. #2,042Rhonda16
  5. #2,042Alen16
  6. #2,042Anita16
  7. #2,042Arch16
  8. #2,121Andamo15
  9. #2,121Arley15
  10. #2,121Arlis15

Tied with 78 names at #2,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →