Girls' name · peaked in 1965
Rhonda name popularity since 1925
208,589 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rhonda. Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Rhonda is about 62 years old in 2026. Rhonda peaked in 1965 as the #37 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 208,589
- Named Rhonda, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,277 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 208,000 girls · 589 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 1.79× its national share
Peak year is the year Rhonda 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.
Rhonda births per year, 1925–2025
1965 was the biggest year for Rhonda both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1944 and 1949, Rhonda became 8.7× more common, from 1 in 8,000 baby girls to 1 in 916.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 5,970 to 1 in 16,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Rhonda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rhonda.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rhonda 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 | 44 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 372 | 5 | #990 |
| 1940s | 4,821 | 14 | #409 |
| 1950s | 59,816 | 124 | #71 |
| 1960s | 93,607 | 256 | #37 |
| 1970s | 37,946 | 154 | #93 |
| 1980s | 8,572 | 36 | #354 |
| 1990s | 1,948 | 0 | #1,227 |
| 2000s | 549 | 0 | #3,451 |
| 2010s | 240 | 0 | #6,930 |
| 2020–25 | 85 | 0 | #6,277 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
53.5% of babies named Rhonda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Rhonda is most popular
The index compares Rhonda'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 Rhonda.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1.79× | 6,241 |
| Oklahoma | 1.73× | 4,679 |
| Arkansas | 1.70× | 3,626 |
| Alabama | 1.66× | 6,120 |
| Louisiana | 1.66× | 6,186 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rhonda and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Rhonda (this page) | 208,000 | 1965 |
| Ronda | 34,291 | 1967 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rhonda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rhonda.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rhonda (1965).
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