Ronda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAHN-duh
- Origin
- Welsh
Ronda is a girls' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ronda mean?
Welsh: variant spelling of Rhonda, probably from the Welsh valley and river Rhondda
The Rhondda is a valley in south Wales long known for coal mining.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ronda a girl's or a boy's name?
Ronda is a girls' name.
How popular is Ronda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1965, with 1,913 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Ronda in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 74% of the babies named Ronda in the US in 1936, and 97% in 1981.
Ronda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,539 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,476 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 129 | #1,122 |
| 1985 | 118 | #1,193 |
| 1984 | 164 | #909 |
| 1983 | 179 | #854 |
| 1982 | 219 | #756 |
| 1981 | 227 | #730 |
| 1980 | 282 | #646 |
| 1979 | 306 | #589 |
| 1978 | 326 | #543 |
| 1977 | 410 | #472 |
| 1976 | 496 | #407 |
| 1975 | 589 | #359 |
| 1974 | 612 | #353 |
| 1973 | 719 | #319 |
| 1972 | 939 | #276 |
| 1971 | 1,176 | #251 |
| 1970 | 1,355 | #233 |
| 1969 | 1,456 | #214 |
| 1968 | 1,557 | #200 |
| 1967 | 1,794 | #178 |
| 1966 | 1,753 | #187 |
| 1965 | 1,913 | #181 |
| 1964 | 1,715 | #207 |
| 1963 | 1,650 | #210 |
| 1962 | 1,596 | #213 |
| 1961 | 1,485 | #223 |
| 1960 | 1,362 | #233 |
| 1959 | 1,134 | #259 |
| 1958 | 988 | #283 |
| 1957 | 1,005 | #276 |
| 1956 | 837 | #307 |
| 1955 | 697 | #324 |
| 1954 | 577 | #359 |
| 1953 | 490 | #384 |
| 1952 | 432 | #399 |
| 1951 | 377 | #428 |
| 1950 | 317 | #453 |
| 1949 | 270 | #489 |
| 1948 | 247 | #526 |
| 1947 | 253 | #525 |
| 1946 | 201 | #561 |
| 1945 | 179 | #547 |
| 1944 | 130 | #648 |
| 1943 | 142 | #637 |
| 1942 | 98 | #762 |
| 1941 | 116 | #659 |
| 1940 | 105 | #675 |
| 1939 | 71 | #818 |
| 1938 | 58 | #931 |
| 1937 | 46 | #1,048 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
Names like Ronda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rebecca, Paula, Linda, Lisa, Robin, Regina, Darla, Diana, Angela, Sandra, Lana, Teresa
Names related to Ronda
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, “Ronda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ronda, updated 20 October 2026.