Girls' name · peaked in 1881

Rhoda name popularity since 1925

17,161 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rhoda. Half of them were born in 1947 or earlier, so the typical Rhoda is about 79 years old in 2026. Rhoda peaked in 1881 as the #161 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 17,161; Named Rhoda, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1881; #161 for girls that year
Typical age: About 79; Median birth year 1947
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #3,338 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 17,156 girls · 5 boys
Most popular in: New York; 3.51× its national share

Peak year is the year Rhoda made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Rhoda births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Rhoda peaked earlier, in 1881.

Steepest fall: Between 1965 and 1970, Rhoda's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 7,810 to 1 in 15,100.
Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, it became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 15,100 baby girls to 1 in 8,010.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Rhoda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rhoda.

Decade by decade

Babies named Rhoda in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	2,503	5	–
1930s	4,036	0	#306
1940s	2,819	0	#478
1950s	2,615	0	#598
1960s	1,925	0	#656
1970s	1,215	0	#777
1980s	510	0	#2,164
1990s	416	0	#3,344
2000s	379	0	#3,932
2010s	430	0	#3,381
2020–25	308	0	#3,338

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

39.4% of babies named Rhoda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:

Where Rhoda is most popular

The index compares Rhoda's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rhoda.

State	Index	Babies
New York	3.51×	3,399
Pennsylvania	2.76×	1,793
Kentucky	1.94×	414
Ohio	1.64×	963
New Jersey	1.51×	531

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rhoda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rhoda.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Rhoda (1881).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data