Girls' name · since 1955
Rhondalyn
Rhondalyn has 137 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 137
- total births
- 1955–1985
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Rhondalyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 137 have been recorded since 1955.
Rhondalyn has 137 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1985.
- 137 total births
- 1955–1985 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
137 girls have been named Rhondalyn since 1955, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1985.
- 137
- total births
- 1955–1985
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Rhondalyn was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Rhondalyn in 1969 - its busiest year on record.
Rhondalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rhondalyn's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rhondalyn at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhondalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1985
- Peak year (1969)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1985.
137 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 14 births in a single year.
Rhondalyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Rhondalyn's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Rhondalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 54 births (39% of all-time use).
Rhondalyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Rhondalyn by state
Where Rhondalyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.4% |
6 of 137 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Rhondalyn's data
- Rhondalyn's decade-level peak was the 1960s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rhondalyns (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1955–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Rhondalyn: Baby Name Since 1955 - 137 Births, Peak 1969." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/rhondalyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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