Meaning not yet researched.
Rhoda: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 47 in 2025. Its best rank was #161 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #161 in 1881; #3,338 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rhoda in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,338 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #161.
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Rhoda: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 47 girls in 2025. Peak: #161 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 547 (1926).
In 2025, 47 US girls were named Rhoda, making it the 3,338th most common girls’ name of the year, down 488 places from #2,850 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 59 girls named Rhoda in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #161, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 547, in 1926. For comparison, it was #3,381 in 2015 and #485 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rhoda in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 73 babies with the name. In all, 26,069 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,761 babies named Rhoda.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 496 US girls were named Rhoda; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 59. In 2025 that was about 1 in 34,197 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Roda are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Rodie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Roda (118).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,338 | — | — |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,850 | — | — |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,375 | — | — |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,206 | — | — |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,955 | — | — |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,382 | — | — |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,437 | — | — |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,386 | — | — |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,613 | — | — |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,175 | — | — |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,381 | — | — |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,766 | — | — |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,988 | — | — |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,467 | — | — |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,553 | — | — |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,296 | — | — |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,353 | — | — |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,767 | — | — |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,548 | — | — |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,143 | — | — |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,932 | — | — |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,381 | — | — |
| 2003 | 34 | #4,020 | — | — |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,712 | — | — |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,476 | — | — |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,324 | — | — |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,140 | — | — |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,059 | — | — |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,584 | — | — |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,079 | — | — |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,344 | — | — |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,685 | — | — |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,207 | — | — |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,128 | — | — |
| 1991 | 58 | #2,262 | — | — |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,510 | — | — |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,707 | — | — |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,964 | — | — |
| 1987 | 32 | #3,016 | — | — |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,046 | — | — |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,164 | — | — |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,953 | — | — |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,122 | — | — |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,915 | — | — |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,692 | — | — |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,567 | — | — |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,540 | — | — |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,449 | — | — |
| 1977 | 95 | #1,265 | — | — |
| 1976 | 115 | #1,069 | — | — |
| 1975 | 182 | #777 | — | — |
| 1974 | 162 | #826 | — | — |
| 1973 | 132 | #929 | — | — |
| 1972 | 128 | #955 | — | — |
| 1971 | 129 | #982 | — | — |
| 1970 | 116 | #1,058 | — | — |
| 1969 | 132 | #925 | — | — |
| 1968 | 143 | #857 | — | — |
| 1967 | 161 | #785 | — | — |
| 1966 | 234 | #622 | — | — |
| 1965 | 226 | #656 | — | — |
| 1964 | 220 | #697 | — | — |
| 1963 | 189 | #751 | — | — |
| 1962 | 181 | #773 | — | — |
| 1961 | 212 | #713 | — | — |
| 1960 | 227 | #676 | — | — |
| 1959 | 259 | #620 | — | — |
| 1958 | 264 | #613 | — | — |
| 1957 | 356 | #505 | — | — |
| 1956 | 241 | #616 | — | — |
| 1955 | 239 | #598 | — | — |
| 1954 | 233 | #593 | — | — |
| 1953 | 253 | #550 | — | — |
| 1952 | 230 | #569 | — | — |
| 1951 | 262 | #513 | — | — |
| 1950 | 278 | #485 | — | — |
| 1949 | 271 | #489 | — | — |
| 1948 | 251 | #523 | — | — |
| 1947 | 287 | #485 | — | — |
| 1946 | 271 | #479 | — | — |
| 1945 | 227 | #478 | — | — |
| 1944 | 276 | #433 | — | — |
| 1943 | 306 | #421 | — | — |
| 1942 | 331 | #392 | — | — |
| 1941 | 284 | #407 | — | — |
| 1940 | 315 | #371 | — | — |
| 1939 | 348 | #341 | — | — |
| 1938 | 360 | #334 | — | — |
| 1937 | 341 | #344 | — | — |
| 1936 | 376 | #314 | — | — |
| 1935 | 405 | #306 | — | — |
| 1934 | 425 | #304 | — | — |
| 1933 | 378 | #321 | — | — |
| 1932 | 420 | #308 | — | — |
| 1931 | 486 | #283 | — | — |
| 1930 | 497 | #297 | — | — |
| 1929 | 483 | #300 | — | — |
| 1928 | 504 | #297 | — | — |
| 1927 | 455 | #314 | 5 | #4,684 |
| 1926 | 547 | #282 | — | — |
| 1925 | 514 | #297 | — | — |
| 1924 | 503 | #298 | — | — |
| 1923 | 436 | #309 | — | — |
| 1922 | 463 | #297 | — | — |
| 1921 | 430 | #313 | — | — |
| 1920 | 421 | #318 | — | — |
| 1919 | 420 | #308 | — | — |
| 1918 | 433 | #306 | — | — |
| 1917 | 345 | #335 | — | — |
| 1916 | 385 | #308 | — | — |
| 1915 | 385 | #297 | — | — |
| 1914 | 266 | #324 | — | — |
| 1913 | 189 | #350 | — | — |
| 1912 | 189 | #330 | — | — |
| 1911 | 161 | #311 | — | — |
| 1910 | 170 | #296 | — | — |
| 1909 | 136 | #314 | — | — |
| 1908 | 108 | #341 | — | — |
| 1907 | 138 | #299 | — | — |
| 1906 | 132 | #291 | — | — |
| 1905 | 145 | #275 | — | — |
| 1904 | 116 | #301 | — | — |
| 1903 | 122 | #287 | — | — |
| 1902 | 152 | #255 | — | — |
| 1901 | 125 | #260 | — | — |
| 1900 | 151 | #266 | — | — |
| 1899 | 127 | #250 | — | — |
| 1898 | 148 | #243 | — | — |
| 1897 | 127 | #253 | 7 | #919 |
| 1896 | 130 | #249 | — | — |
| 1895 | 136 | #237 | — | — |
| 1894 | 136 | #230 | — | — |
| 1893 | 136 | #224 | — | — |
| 1892 | 140 | #220 | — | — |
| 1891 | 138 | #198 | — | — |
| 1890 | 138 | #202 | — | — |
| 1889 | 148 | #187 | — | — |
| 1888 | 130 | #196 | — | — |
| 1887 | 104 | #199 | — | — |
| 1886 | 114 | #189 | — | — |
| 1885 | 106 | #181 | — | — |
| 1884 | 93 | #192 | — | — |
| 1883 | 93 | #173 | — | — |
| 1882 | 79 | #178 | — | — |
| 1881 | 84 | #161 | — | — |
| 1880 | 73 | #176 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).