Rhenda — girls' name
167 babies named Rhenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Rhenda was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Rhenda in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhenda
The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Rhenda between 1945 and 1973, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhenda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rhenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhenda 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 167 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.
Rhenda at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1945
- Peak year (1964)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
167 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 13 births in a single year.
Rhenda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 71 births that decade — 43% of Rhenda's all-time total
Rhenda decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Rhenda's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1945–1973 (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.