Rhonda — #11121 US girls' name
208,050 babies named Rhonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Rhonda was born in this single decade.
10,947 babies were named Rhonda in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhonda
The Social Security Administration has registered 208,050 babies named Rhonda between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhonda currently holds the #11121 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 10,947 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhonda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 93,604 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rhonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16,200 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rhonda in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhonda 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 208,050 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.
Rhonda at a glance
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Rhonda popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1910
- Peak year (1965)
- 10,947
- Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
Currently ranks #11121 among girls.
208,050 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 10,947 births in a single year.
Rhonda popularity over time — boys
589 total births recorded since 1932 (Rhonda as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rhonda accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rhonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 93,604 births that decade — 45% of Rhonda's all-time total
Rhonda decade highlights
- Peak decade 93,604 births
- Runner-up 59,818 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Rhonda's strongest decade
93,604 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Rhonda by state
Where Rhonda concentrates geographically — total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16,200 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 14,722 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 12,238 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10,209 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 8,360 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 7,974 | 3.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 7,848 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 7,795 | 3.7% |
16,200 of 208,050 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- California 7.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rhonda appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1910–2024 (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.