Rhonda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Rhonda is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “pike, lance”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Rhonda mean?
Welsh
“pike, lance”
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rhonda a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhonda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhonda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Rhonda, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1965, with 10,949 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Rhonda in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rhonda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 70 | #2,284 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,701 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,558 |
| 1998 | 71 | #2,063 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 109 | #1,489 |
| 1995 | 140 | #1,222 |
| 1994 | 193 | #960 |
| 1993 | 245 | #816 |
| 1992 | 271 | #765 |
| 1991 | 314 | #682 |
| 1990 | 373 | #604 |
| 1989 | 401 | #559 |
| 1988 | 463 | #487 |
| 1987 | 607 | #385 |
| 1986 | 639 | #367 |
| 1985 | 668 | #353 |
| 1984 | 835 | #288 |
| 1983 | 939 | #255 |
| 1982 | 1,132 | #227 |
| 1981 | 1,355 | #199 |
| 1980 | 1,533 | #179 |
| 1979 | 1,716 | #163 |
| 1978 | 1,726 | #160 |
| 1977 | 2,162 | #131 |
| 1976 | 2,460 | #107 |
| 1975 | 3,167 | #93 |
| 1974 | 3,525 | #86 |
| 1973 | 4,161 | #70 |
| 1972 | 5,001 | #60 |
| 1971 | 6,649 | #46 |
| 1970 | 7,379 | #46 |
| 1969 | 7,917 | #44 |
| 1968 | 8,268 | #42 |
| 1967 | 9,072 | #41 |
| 1966 | 9,805 | #39 |
| 1965 | 10,949 | #37 |
| 1964 | 9,713 | #43 |
| 1963 | 9,356 | #45 |
| 1962 | 9,803 | #45 |
| 1961 | 9,469 | #46 |
| 1960 | 9,255 | #44 |
| 1959 | 8,861 | #45 |
| 1958 | 8,341 | #48 |
| 1957 | 8,051 | #52 |
| 1956 | 7,521 | #62 |
| 1955 | 6,171 | #71 |
| 1954 | 6,100 | #71 |
| 1953 | 5,029 | #85 |
| 1952 | 3,963 | #95 |
| 1951 | 3,212 | #111 |
| 1950 | 2,567 | #125 |
| 1949 | 1,867 | #157 |
| 1948 | 908 | #248 |
| 1947 | 603 | #316 |
| 1946 | 580 | #306 |
| 1945 | 302 | #409 |
| 1944 | 166 | #565 |
| 1943 | 112 | #731 |
| 1942 | 109 | #711 |
| 1941 | 101 | #699 |
| 1940 | 73 | #834 |
| 1939 | 57 | #930 |
| 1938 | 71 | #840 |
| 1937 | 50 | #992 |
| 1936 | 45 | #1,039 |
| 1935 | 49 | #984 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,221 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Names like Rhonda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robin Rebecca Lisa Darla Linda Lana Paula Karla Diana Tara Regina Jana
Names related to Rhonda
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from 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, “Rhonda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhonda, updated 20 October 2026.