Girls' name · since 1966
Rhodesia
Rhodesia has 95 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
95 girls have been named Rhodesia since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rhodesia has 95 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1992.
- #27,707 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhodesia ranks #27,707 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Rhodesia's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rhodesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rhodesia's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rhodesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1992
- Peak year (1977)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Rhodesia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (67 births, 71% of the file).
1970s was Rhodesia's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Rhodesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 67 births (71% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rhodesia's data
- Rhodesia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhodesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rhodesia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.