Fonda
Fonda was last recorded in 1997, when 5 babies were given it; 4,113 Americans have been recorded with it between 1910 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,050 Americans named Fonda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 56 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fonda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Fonda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,483, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
181 babies in 1963, the peak
Fonda peaked in 1963, when 181 girls were given it, #766 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | #14,483 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,229 | 2.9 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,284 | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,216 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,775 | 4.3 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,635 | 3.7 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,553 | 4.2 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,005 | 4.3 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,995 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,889 | 12.7 |
Every recorded year (86)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 13 | #5,533 | 7.6 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,455 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,168 | 16.0 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,176 | 15.6 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,126 | 28.3 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,371 | 15.0 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,709 | 20.5 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,743 | 19.9 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,444 | 23.5 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,097 | 29.4 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,452 | 22.5 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,677 | 39.1 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,742 | 35.4 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,514 | 42.5 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,462 | 43.4 |
| 1971 | 77 | #1,380 | 46.3 |
| 1970 | 92 | #1,217 | 52.6 |
| 1969 | 108 | #1,056 | 64.0 |
| 1968 | 98 | #1,068 | 59.7 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,048 | 58.8 |
| 1966 | 118 | #931 | 69.7 |
| 1965 | 128 | #884 | 72.5 |
| 1964 | 145 | #865 | 76.5 |
| 1963 | 181 | #766 | 93.9 |
| 1962 | 161 | #827 | 81.9 |
| 1961 | 143 | #905 | 70.8 |
| 1960 | 152 | #839 | 75.2 |
| 1959 | 108 | #1,017 | 53.4 |
| 1958 | 86 | #1,143 | 42.8 |
| 1957 | 70 | #1,254 | 34.2 |
| 1956 | 99 | #1,026 | 49.3 |
| 1955 | 98 | #1,010 | 50.1 |
| 1954 | 86 | #1,058 | 44.3 |
| 1953 | 88 | #1,027 | 46.8 |
| 1952 | 123 | #822 | 66.3 |
| 1951 | 114 | #835 | 63.3 |
| 1950 | 76 | #1,054 | 44.4 |
| 1949 | 76 | #1,025 | 44.4 |
| 1948 | 77 | #994 | 45.3 |
| 1947 | 74 | #1,032 | 41.7 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,424 | 24.2 |
| 1945 | 41 | #1,251 | 31.4 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,347 | 27.1 |
| 1943 | 57 | #1,064 | 40.9 |
| 1942 | 49 | #1,128 | 36.3 |
| 1941 | 48 | #1,056 | 39.7 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,226 | 31.5 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,249 | 31.9 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,276 | 29.9 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,594 | 21.6 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,902 | 16.3 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,624 | 21.0 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,474 | 11.5 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,746 | 19.8 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,168 | 14.1 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,520 | 23.5 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,545 | 23.1 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,536 | 23.3 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,277 | 7.8 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,691 | 21.0 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,194 | 14.3 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,807 | 6.6 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,447 | 12.0 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,048 | 15.7 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,847 | 10.0 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,835 | 9.7 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,789 | 10.0 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,944 | 16.8 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,107 | 8.6 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,184 | 8.3 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,549 | 11.5 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,754 | 19.3 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,997 | 9.2 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,367 | 8.0 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,224 | 14.3 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,547 | 12.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Fonda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fonda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 86 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Fonda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fonda, and how old are they?
3,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 4,113 Americans ever recorded as Fonda. The median Fonda alive today is 63 years old; half are between 56 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 3,149 people named Fonda (3,096 women and girls, 53 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,306 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 189 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,590 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,040 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 226 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Fonda born?
The states with the most babies named Fonda are North Carolina, Texas and Ohio, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 202 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Texas | 182 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 160 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 124 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 112 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kentucky | 94 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 87 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| West Virginia | 83 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 82 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 73 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Fonda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Fonda is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Fonda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Fonda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Fonda and names like it
- Compare Fonda and MaryjoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sFonda peaked in 1963.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fonda since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Fonda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Fonda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.