US Name Trends

Rhonda

Apparently from the Rhondda valley in Wales, “noisy one”; the spelling is anglicised.

1965peak year
No. 37best rank (1965)
208,658babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Rhonda per year — peak 10,949▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Rhonda first shows up in the national records in 1910. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1952 to 1975. Its biggest year was 1965, when 10,949 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 37 nationally. All told, 208,658 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1910s42No. 2398
1920s71No. 2479
1930s372No. 840
1940s4,821No. 157
1950s59,816No. 45
1960s93,607No. 37
1970s37,946No. 46
1980s8,572No. 179
1990s1,948No. 605
2000s549No. 1705
2010s240No. 4387
2020s85No. 6116

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.