Rhoda

#3,296 for girls in 2025, 47 births · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #4,210
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 84 births
Debut · girls
73 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
26,057
since 1880

Rhoda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rhoda has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #159, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,29647—
2024#2,81959—
2023#3,32948—
2022#3,17151—
2021#2,92957—
2020#3,33846—
2019#3,38846—
2018#3,34647—
2017#3,55243—
2016#3,13952—
2015#3,34648—
2014#3,71941—
2013#3,91838—
2012#4,38733—
2011#4,46632—
2010#3,25650—
2009#4,26935—
2008#3,71043—
2007#4,47533—
2006#4,07336—
2005#3,87637—
2004#3,33345—
2003#3,94634—
2002#3,65436—
2001#3,41739—
2000#3,27141—
1999#3,09942—
1998#3,01542—
1997#2,55650—
1996#3,02839—
1995#3,28534—
1994#3,61530—
1993#3,15836—
1992#3,09137—
1991#2,24258—
1990#2,49248—
1989#2,65842—
1988#2,93135—
1987#2,97232—
1986#2,02553—
1985#2,13749—
1984#1,94553—
1983#2,09747—
1982#1,90056—
1981#1,67468—
1980#1,55275—
1979#1,53076—
1978#1,43480—
1977#1,25795—
1976#1,066115—
1975#774182—
1974#825162—
1973#929132—
1972#949128—
1971#980129—
1970#1,052116—
1969#923132—
1968#855143—
1967#779161—
1966#621234—
1965#653226—
1964#695220—
1963#749189—
1962#772181—
1961#712212—
1960#675227—
1959#616259—
1958#612264—
1957#504356—
1956#615241—
1955#596239—
1954#592233—
1953#549253—
1952#569230—
1951#512262—
1950#484278—
1949#487271—
1948#521251—
1947#485287—
1946#479271—
1945#478227—
1944#432276—
1943#420306—
1942#392331—
1941#403284—
1940#371315—
1939#340348—
1938#333360—
1937#343341—
1936#312376—
1935#306405—
1934#303425—
1933#321378—
1932#308420—
1931#283486—
1930#297497—
1929#299483—
1928#297504—
1927#314455#4,2105
1926#282547—
1925#297514—
1924#297503—
1923#308436—
1922#297463—
1921#313430—
1920#318421—
1919#308420—
1918#306433—
1917#335345—
1916#308385—
1915#296385—
1914#323266—
1913#350189—
1912#329189—
1911#311161—
1910#296170—
1909#314136—
1908#340108—
1907#298138—
1906#289132—
1905#274145—
1904#299116—
1903#285122—
1902#254152—
1901#260125—
1900#266151—
1899#249127—
1898#242148—
1897#253127#8527
1896#245130—
1895#236136—
1894#228136—
1893#224136—
1892#218140—
1891#194138—
1890#201138—
1889#187148—
1888#196130—
1887#197104—
1886#189114—
1885#180106—
1884#19193—
1883#17193—
1882#17879—
1881#15984—
1880#17573—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rhoda was already there! It came in at #175, and was given to 73 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992–1996, when fewer than 40 girls a year got the name.

Where Rhoda is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Rhoda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 477 spots since 2024 (#2,819 → #3,296)
  • 42 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #3,296)
  • 50 spots since 2015 (#3,346 → #3,296)
  • Biggest jump: 111 spots in 1957 (#615 → #504)
  • Biggest drop: 292 spots in 1976 (#774 → #1,066)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #159 (84 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 106 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,095
  • Highest: 1 in 1,095 girls born in 1881 were named Rhoda (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,197 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Rhoda (4,756) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,024#159 (1881)#182
1890s1,356#194 (1891)#229
1900s1,325#254 (1902)#288
1910s2,943#296 (1915)#316
1920s4,756#282 (1926)#302
1930s4,036#283 (1931)#315
1940s2,819#371 (1940)#447
1950s2,615#484 (1950)#565
1960s1,925#621 (1966)#743
1970s1,215#774 (1975)#1,080
1980s510#1,552 (1980)#2,189
1990s416#2,242 (1991)#2,958
2000s379#3,271 (2000)#3,802
2010s430#3,139 (2016)#3,652
2020s308#2,819 (2024)#3,147

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rhoda in 1894

girls
#228
136 births · 1 in 1,639 girls

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #228Rhoda136
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 1,639 of them was named Rhoda, which outranked 86.6% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhoda
  1. #225Louisa139
  2. #226Zella138
  3. #227Elsa137
  4. #228Rhoda136
  5. #228Adelaide136
  6. #228Mathilda136
  7. #231Cornelia135
  8. #232Jeannette133
  9. #233Regina131

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1894 →