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Rhoda

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,295 for girls

Rhoda is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “woman from Rhodes”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).

What does Rhoda mean?

Greek

“woman from Rhodes”

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Rhoda a girl's or a boy's name?

Rhoda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rhoda in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,856th among girls
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Rhoda, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Rhoda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20082025
Rhoda in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
20244#4,907
20239#2,841
20228#3,050
20213#5,824
202011#2,407
20196#3,738
20186#3,702
20170–
20164#4,980
201510#2,629
20148#3,031
20138#3,060
20127#3,471
20117#3,360
20107#3,308
20097#3,201
200815#1,840
20077#3,060
20066#3,280
20055#3,543
20044#3,916
20036#2,877
200212#1,649
20011#5,353
20006#2,554
19998#2,089
19986#2,535
19975#2,896
19967#2,201

How popular is Rhoda in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,295th among girls
Babies in 2025
47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Rhoda, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 547 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Rhoda than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Rhoda in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 547 in 19262025
Rhoda in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202547#3,295
202459#2,819
202348#3,329
202251#3,170
202157#2,929
202046#3,338
201946#3,387
201847#3,345
201743#3,551
201652#3,139
201548#3,346
201441#3,717
201338#3,916
201233#4,385
201132#4,465
201050#3,255
200935#4,268
200843#3,709
200733#4,474
200636#4,072
200537#3,872
200445#3,329
200334#3,942
200236#3,650
200139#3,413
200041#3,266
199942#3,096
199842#3,012
199750#2,553
199639#3,023
199534#3,280
199430#3,610
199336#3,153
199237#3,086
199158#2,236
199048#2,487
198942#2,652
198835#2,926
198732#2,970
198653#2,024
198549#2,136
198453#1,945
198347#2,096
198256#1,900
198168#1,674
198075#1,552
197976#1,530
197880#1,434
197795#1,257
1976115#1,066
1975182#774
1974162#825
1973132#929
1972128#949
1971129#980
1970116#1,052
1969132#923
1968143#855
1967161#779
1966234#621
1965226#653
1964220#695
1963189#749
1962181#772
1961212#712
1960227#675
1959259#616
1958264#612
1957356#504
1956241#614
1955239#595
1954233#591
1953253#548
1952230#568
1951262#511
1950278#483
1949271#486
1948251#520
1947287#485
1946271#479
1945227#478
1944276#432
1943306#420
1942331#392
1941284#403
1940315#371
1939348#340
1938360#333
1937341#343
1936376#312
1935405#306
1934425#303
1933378#321
1932420#308
1931486#283
1930497#297
1929483#299
1928504#297
1927455#314
1926547#282
1925514#297
1924503#297
1923436#308
1922463#297
1921430#313
1920421#318
1919420#308
1918433#306
1917345#335
1916385#308
1915385#296
1914266#323
1913189#350
1912189#329
1911161#311
1910170#296
1909136#314
1908108#340
1907138#298
1906132#289
1905145#274
1904116#299
1903122#285
1902152#254
1901125#260
1900151#266
1899127#249
1898148#242
1897127#253
1896130#245
1895136#236
1894136#228
1893136#224
1892140#218
1891138#194
1890138#201
1889148#187
1888130#196
1887104#197
1886114#189
1885106#180
188493#191
188393#171
188279#178
188184#159
188073#175

Names like Rhoda

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Cora, Rosa, Clara, Ada, Eva, Rhea, Rosie, Nora, Etta, Martha, Georgia, Nina

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rhoda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhoda, updated 20 October 2026.