How rare is the name Rhonda?

173,379 people in the United States have the first name Rhonda, about 1 in 1,742. It ranks #321 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RHONDA

#321

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
173,379
About
1 in 1,742
This common or more
50.2%
Who bears it

Of the 173,379 people named Rhonda, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 14.5% as Black and 3.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rhonda peaked in 1965, when 10,981 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
1965
Births that year
10,981
In 2025*
19 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 208,658 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rhonda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #85. The largest share of babies named Rhonda, 53.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#6,31342
1920s#6,43671
1930s#2,142377
1940s#6114,835
1950s#14259,940
1960s#8593,863
1970s#15938,100
1980s#5598,608
1990s#1,7361,948
2000s#5,058549
2010s#9,344240
2020s#12,95185
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–6453.5%
Generation X 1965–8041.1%
Millennials 1981–964.2%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%
2013 and later0.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rhonda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rhonda has been most common in Kentucky (1.7×), Oklahoma (1.7×), and Louisiana (1.6×), and least common in Utah (0.33×).

205,669 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rhonda

#319 Blake · 173,524#320 Billy · 173,433#322 Ellen · 173,112#323 Jimmy · 173,056

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rhonda, most common first.

#37,708 Rhanda · 206#38,893 Rhenda · 196#50,487 Rhondi · 119

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