Recorded 1910–2025 · United States
Rhonda was most popular in 1965, when 10,981 American babies were given the name — ranking #71 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 208,658 people named Rhonda.
Rhonda first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1910, which makes it about 115 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 110 of the 116 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 208,658 American births named Rhonda between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 183,507 are estimated to be alive today.
19 American babies were named Rhonda in 2025, ranking #10,631 that year.
Rhonda is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 15 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -42% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Rhonda is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 208,658 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 183,507 Americans named Rhonda are alive today — 88% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 62 years old, and half are between 56 and 67. That is a narrow band: Rhonda arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org