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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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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1918#2,82211—
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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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #102 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 318 girlsAKMaine: #195 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 966 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #102 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 431 girlsNHWashington: #131 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 546 girlsWAIdaho: #119 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 435 girlsIDMontana: #72 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 271 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #53 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 194 girlsNDMinnesota: #107 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 449 girlsMNIllinois: #104 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 468 girlsILWisconsin: #90 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 404 girlsWIMichigan: #84 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 391 girlsMINew York: #172 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 860 girlsNYMassachusetts: #151 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 805 girlsMARhode Island: #79 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 298 girlsRIOregon: #118 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 502 girlsORNevada: #96 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 315 girlsNVWyoming: #75 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 225 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #69 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 263 girlsSDIowa: #109 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 432 girlsIAIndiana: #66 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 288 girlsINOhio: #77 for girls · 204 births · 1 in 344 girlsOHPennsylvania: #113 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 531 girlsPANew Jersey: #169 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 836 girlsNJConnecticut: #175 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 949 girlsCTCalifornia: #158 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 768 girlsCAUtah: #203 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 976 girlsUTColorado: #92 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 392 girlsCONebraska: #110 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 449 girlsNEMissouri: #65 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 275 girlsMOKentucky: #45 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 198 girlsKYWest Virginia: #41 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 177 girlsWVVirginia: #70 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 312 girlsVAMaryland: #99 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 422 girlsMDDelaware: #87 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 304 girlsDEArizona: #121 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 496 girlsAZNew Mexico: #142 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 517 girlsNMKansas: #75 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 294 girlsKSArkansas: #23 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 135 girlsARTennessee: #40 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 178 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #41 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 193 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #40 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 183 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #77 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 279 girlsDCOklahoma: #63 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 278 girlsOKLouisiana: #55 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 232 girlsLAMississippi: #41 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 201 girlsMSAlabama: #56 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 230 girlsALGeorgia: #42 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 213 girlsGAHawaii: #266 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 897 girlsHITexas: #71 for girls · 287 births · 1 in 333 girlsTXFlorida: #77 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 344 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#23 · 1 in 135
  2. Tennessee#40 · 1 in 178
  3. South Carolina#40 · 1 in 183
  4. West Virginia#41 · 1 in 177
  5. North Carolina#41 · 1 in 193

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#23951 in 135
South Carolina#40961 in 183
Tennessee#401541 in 178
Mississippi#41801 in 201
North Carolina#411751 in 193
West Virginia#41631 in 177
Georgia#421551 in 213
Kentucky#451151 in 198
North Dakota#53201 in 194
Louisiana#551071 in 232
Alabama#56981 in 230
Oklahoma#63571 in 278
Missouri#651081 in 275
Indiana#661211 in 288
South Dakota#69151 in 263
Virginia#70891 in 312
Texas#712871 in 333
Montana#72151 in 271
Kansas#75411 in 294
Wyoming#7581 in 225
District of Columbia#77211 in 279
Florida#771271 in 344
Ohio#772041 in 344
Rhode Island#79151 in 298
Michigan#841461 in 391
Delaware#8791 in 304
Wisconsin#90681 in 404
Colorado#92401 in 392
Nevada#9681 in 315
Maryland#99441 in 422
Alaska#10261 in 318
New Hampshire#102101 in 431
Illinois#1041491 in 468
Minnesota#107531 in 449
Iowa#109391 in 432
Nebraska#110211 in 449
Pennsylvania#1131261 in 531
Oregon#118261 in 502
Idaho#119121 in 435
Arizona#121311 in 496
Washington#131361 in 546
New Mexico#142151 in 517
Massachusetts#151381 in 805
California#1581781 in 768
New Jersey#169451 in 836
New York#1721201 in 860
Connecticut#175151 in 949
Maine#19561 in 966
Utah#203121 in 976
Hawaii#26651 in 897
Vermont———

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 1974

girls
#86
3,525 births · 1 in 416 girls
boys
#2,799
13 births · 1 in 120,949 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #86Rhonda3,525

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #2,799Rhonda13
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 416 of them was named Rhonda, which outranked 99.2% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhonda
  1. #83Jacqueline3,573
  2. #84Gina3,560
  3. #85Renee3,528
  4. #86Rhonda3,525
  5. #87Diana3,513
  6. #88Cheryl3,496
  7. #89Sherry3,436
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 120,949 of them was named Rhonda, which outranked 53.4% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhonda
  1. #2,674Willam14
  2. #2,674Yuri14
  3. #2,674Zoran14
  4. #2,799Rhonda13
  5. #2,799Adriano13
  6. #2,799Aidan13
  7. #2,799Albaro13
  8. #2,946Aden12
  9. #2,946Adriel12
  10. #2,946Alcides12

Tied with 146 names at #2,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →