Rhelda — girls' name
37 babies named Rhelda in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
37 girls have been named Rhelda since 1915, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1958.
- 37
- total births
- 1915–1958
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Rhelda was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Rhelda in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhelda
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Rhelda between 1915 and 1958, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhelda performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rhelda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rhelda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhelda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 37 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rhelda at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1915
- Peak year (1939)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
37 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 6 births in a single year.
Rhelda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 16 births that decade — 43% of Rhelda's all-time total
Rhelda decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Rhelda's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Rhelda by state
Where Rhelda concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 13.5% |
5 of 37 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 13.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 13.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.