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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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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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 2002

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedINOhio: #1,112 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,700 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,908 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 37,121 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedARTennessee: #853 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,005 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rhonda, so not publishedHITexas: #1,745 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 15,595 girlsTXFlorida: #1,334 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,003 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#853 · 1 in 6,005
  2. Ohio#1,112 · 1 in 9,700
  3. Florida#1,334 · 1 in 11,003
  4. Texas#1,745 · 1 in 15,595
  5. California#2,908 · 1 in 37,121

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#85351 in 6,005
Ohio#1,11261 in 9,700
Florida#1,33471 in 11,003
Texas#1,745101 in 15,595
California#2,90861 in 37,121
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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 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 2002

girls
#2,263
72 births · 1 in 24,957 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #2,263Rhonda72
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 24,957 of them was named Rhonda, which outranked 87.5% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhonda
  1. #2,251Salena73
  2. #2,251Torrance73
  3. #2,251Vianca73
  4. #2,263Rhonda72
  5. #2,263Alexie72
  6. #2,263Alexzandria72
  7. #2,263Allissa72
  8. #2,288Abbigayle71
  9. #2,288Cienna71
  10. #2,288Cinthya71

Tied with 24 names at #2,263; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →