Rhoda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhoda: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #252 in 1975, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#252highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Rhoda's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2738
1998	#2407
1999	#2189
2000	#2746
2002	#1530
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#1718
2009	#3031
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#3285
2013	#3160
2014	#2862
2015	#2496
2016	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2020	#2615
2021	#5581
2022	#2888
2023	#3598
2024	#4843

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1980
Highest recorded position: #252 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1964–1980).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhoda appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 178 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Rhoda across 2 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.

Rhoda'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
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1530 (2002)	#4843 (2024)	27 of 29	178 (1996–2024)	15 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#252 (1975)	#542 (1980)	11 of 17	74 (1964–1980)	14 (1975)

Rhoda by decade in England and Wales · 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 Rhoda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	64	9 of 10	7
2010s	59	9 of 10	7
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rhoda 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Rhoda'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #252, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Ma · #252, 36y
Pierre · #254, 35y
Krystyna · #255, 39y
Mariel · #257, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Breeda · #252, 19y
Ma · #252, 36y
Samanta · #252, 30y
Sylwester · #252, 36y

Rhoda was ranked #252 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1975. 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.

Rhoda 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 Rhoda without appearing here.

Rhoda moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1718 and #5545.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #5691.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Rhoda

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1785.
Linnea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2711.
Karin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3192.

Moved the opposite way to Rhoda

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rhoda

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhoda went from #2096 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rhoda

Rhoda at a glance

What stands out in Rhoda's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhoda across 2 official records

Rhoda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhoda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rhoda at a glance

What stands out in Rhoda's record

Rhoda across 2 official records

Rhoda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhoda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Rhoda

Rhoda and the names beside it

Rhoda moved ahead of

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