Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Ronda name popularity since 1925
34,616 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ronda (99.1% girls, 0.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1965 or earlier, so the typical Ronda is about 61 years old in 2026. Ronda peaked in 1967 as the #179 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 34,616
- Named Ronda, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Ronda in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% girls
- 34,291 girls · 325 boys
- Most popular in
- Iowa
- 2.36× its national share
Peak year is the year Ronda 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.
Ronda births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1965. Measured as a share of all babies, Ronda peaked in 1967.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Ronda became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 4,290 baby girls to 1 in 2,030.
- Steepest fall: Between 1976 and 1981, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 2,950 to 1 in 7,350.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ronda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ronda.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ronda 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 | 49 | 15 | – |
| 1930s | 277 | 34 | #2,285 |
| 1940s | 1,741 | 89 | #549 |
| 1950s | 6,854 | 64 | #324 |
| 1960s | 16,281 | 73 | #181 |
| 1970s | 6,928 | 44 | #359 |
| 1980s | 1,589 | 6 | #1,198 |
| 1990s | 422 | 0 | #3,345 |
| 2000s | 105 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 2010s | 38 | 0 | #16,046 |
| 2020–25 | 7 | 0 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
45.6% of babies named Ronda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Ronda is most popular
The index compares Ronda'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 Ronda.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2.36× | 964 |
| Nebraska | 2.31× | 521 |
| Kansas | 2.26× | 742 |
| Oregon | 2.12× | 638 |
| Oklahoma | 1.98× | 829 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ronda 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ronda (this page) | 34,291 | 1967 |
| Rhonda | 208,000 | 1965 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ronda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ronda.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ronda (1967).
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