Vonda

Where Vonda comes from

The dictionaries list Vonda as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1899
    First appearance
    #1,596 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Vonda N. McIntyre born
    American science fiction writer
  3. 1963
    Vonda Shepard born
    American singer
  4. 1965
    Peak, #261
    1,093 babies named Vonda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #529.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Vonda N. McIntyre · American science fiction writer, 1948–2019
  • Vonda Shepard · American singer, born 1963
  • Vonda Ward · American basketball player and boxer, born 1973
  • Vonda Phelps · American actress, 1915–2004

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.