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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #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.

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 1895

girls
#236
136 births · 1 in 1,718 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #236Rhoda136
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 1,718 of them was named Rhoda, which outranked 86.9% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rhoda
  1. #232Regina138
  2. #234Elma137
  3. #234Zella137
  4. #236Rhoda136
  5. #236Gertie136
  6. #238Leola135
  7. #239Bettie133
  8. #239Lessie133

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

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 715Glenn#1,353#638
  2. 670Drusilla#1,485#815
  3. 670Gertha#1,485#815
  4. 670Lorine#1,485#815
  5. 627Leva#1,485#858
Fallers
  1. 848Gina#744#1,592
  2. 848Laurel#744#1,592
  3. 848Pennie#744#1,592
  4. 810Buena#782#1,592
  5. 780Albertina#812#1,592

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

See the top 100 for 1895