Rhona

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhona: Recorded since 1964, it reached #175 in 1972, and it stood at #476 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#175highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#869
1997	#1450
1998	#1319
1999	#1675
2000	#1688
2001	#1439
2002	#2301
2003	#1996
2004	#2802
2005	#2084
2006	#1983
2007	#2233
2008	#3860
2009	#3031
2010	#2843
2011	#2432
2012	#3285
2014	#3514
2015	#3252
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#2499
2019	#3151
2020	#5493
2021	#3961

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 Republic of Ireland in 51 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2016: #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3214 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #257 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 recorded1964–2023
Highest recorded position: #175 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1964–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2023.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rhona appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 51 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 510 births with the name.

Rhona 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.

Rhona'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	#257 (1964)	#175 (1972)	#856 (2023)	51 of 60	510 (1964–2023)	33 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#869 (1996)	#869 (1996)	#3961 (2021)	25 of 26	227 (1996–2021)	25 (1996)

Rhona 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 Rhona in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	71	6 of 10	12
1970sbusiest	213	10 of 10	21
1980s	106	10 of 10	11
1990s	50	9 of 10	6
2000s	36	8 of 10	5
2010s	31	7 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Rhona 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #175 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Rhona'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#334	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	17	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	10	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	15	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	17	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	14	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	21	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	15	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	27	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	33	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	31	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	22	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	19	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	15	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	17	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	13	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #175, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 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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Rhodri · #379, 29y
Rhonda · #21, 37y
Rhyan · #601, 22y

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.

Juliet · #178, 55y
Agata · #166, 56y
Selina · #166, 58y
Kitty · #189, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Herbert · #175, 42y
Brien · #176, 11y
Darina · #174, 55y
Gwendoline · #174, 45y

Rhona was ranked #175 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1972. 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.

Rhona 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 Rhona without appearing here.

Rhona moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #5730.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Rhona

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Mona Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2042.
Pamela Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2615.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Rhona

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 while Annie went from #112 to #48.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 while Charlotte went from #171 to #60.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 while Clodagh went from #149 to #54.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 while Emily went from #180 to #3.

Moved the same way as Rhona

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 and Alma from #327 to #625.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 and Audrey from #85 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 and Diane from #215 to #727.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rhona went from #257 to #856 and Eileen from #17 to #445.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #175 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rhona

Rhona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhona across 2 official records

Rhona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rhona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rhona and the names beside it

Rhona moved ahead of

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Rhona at a glance

Rhona across 2 official records

Rhona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rhona 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 Rhona

Rhona and the names beside it

Rhona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rhona

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