Rhonda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rhonda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rhonda: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #21, and it was last ranked in 1997.

4registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#21highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for
3names it appears alongside

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1997

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 33 years from 1964 to 1996.

In 1968: #94 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #225 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–1997 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #22 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1968
Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1954 (recorded 1952–1968).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1996.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rhonda appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 23 ranked years and 207 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Rhonda across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rhonda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#221 (1969)	#534 (1996)	23 of 33	207 (1964–1996)	18 (1976)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#22 (1952)	#21 (1954)	#94 (1968)	17 of 17	4,022 (1952–1968)	412 (1952)
New Zealand · Girls	#88 (1956)	#88 (1956)	#99 (1966)	2 of 11	131 (1956–1966)	67 (1956)

Rhonda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rhonda in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	47	5 of 10	9
1970sbusiest	118	9 of 10	13
1980s	35	7 of 10	5
1990s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Rhonda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 1997. Highest recorded position: #21 in New South Wales, Australia in 1954.

Rhonda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	214	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	208	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	221	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	259	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	244	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	308	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	277	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	344	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#21	392	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	379	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#22	412	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New Zealand	female	#99	64	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#88	67	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	11	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	15	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	18	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	12	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	16	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	17	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	10	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	15	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 1997, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #21, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 412 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1956, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Rhona · #175, 59y
Rhyan · #601, 22y
Rhyanna · #764, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Calum · #21, 34y
Rian · #22, 36y
Shea · #25, 32y
Abbie · #27, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carmel · #21, 67y
Cathrine · #21, 61y
Denis · #21, 66y
Brent · #22, 63y

Comparisons involving Rhonda

Existing comparison pages where Rhonda and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Order changes

Pairs where Rhonda and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Gail vs Rhonda
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Rhonda moved into the top 50 at #37 in 1959 as Gail fell out of it to #53, having been #40 the year before.
Gail · Rhonda · 15 shared years, 1952–1966 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1959 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Rhonda measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Rhonda at its highest position.

Christine vs Rhonda
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Christine #1 in 1952, Rhonda #21 in 1954.
Christine · Rhonda · 17 shared years, 1952–1968 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1954 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Jennifer vs Rhonda
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Jennifer #1 in 1956, Rhonda #21 in 1954.
Jennifer · Rhonda · 17 shared years, 1952–1968 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1956 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Rhonda was ranked #21 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1954. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rhonda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rhonda without appearing here.

Rhonda moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 1965 they stood at #327 and #327 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1966 that had become #256 and #380.
Jude Compare
In 1972 they stood at #285 and #285 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #245 and #349.
Karin Compare
In 1965 they stood at #327 and #245 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1966 that had become #256 and #344.
Violet Compare
In 1970 they stood at #296 and #272 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1971 that had become #269 and #349.

Moved ahead of Rhonda

Jenna Compare
In 1983 they stood at #369 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #414 and #107.
Lena Compare
In 1984 they stood at #414 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #325.
Shannon Compare
In 1984 they stood at #369 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #348.
Abigail Compare
In 1985 they stood at #414 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #521 and #356.

Moved the opposite way to Rhonda

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 while Aisling went from #154 to #17.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 while Alexandra went from #222 to #98.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 while Aoife went from #206 to #5.
Ashley Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 while Ashley went from #372 to #137.

Moved the same way as Rhonda

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 and Alma from #327 to #534.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 and Amelia from #300 to #429.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 and Angela from #24 to #216.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhonda went from #327 to #534 and Anita from #130 to #241.

What's not yet available

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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 1997. Highest recorded position: #21 in New South Wales, Australia in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rhonda

Rhonda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhonda across 3 official records

Rhonda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rhonda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Rhonda

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Rhonda

Rhonda and the names beside it

Rhonda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rhonda

Moved the opposite way to Rhonda

Moved the same way as Rhonda

Rhonda at a glance

Rhonda across 3 official records

Rhonda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rhonda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Rhonda

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Rhonda

Rhonda and the names beside it

Rhonda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rhonda

Moved the opposite way to Rhonda

Moved the same way as Rhonda