as a First Name
Modern coinage, a blend of Rhoda and Rhona. It is now often taken to be a Welsh name derived from rhon ‘pike, lance’ (as in Rhonwen;) + -da ‘good’, as in Glenda. The name is associated particularly with the American film actress Rhonda Fleming (b. 1923 as Marilyn Louis).
| 225th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 276,199
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Rhonda per capita
- 1965
- marked the height of its popularity
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0.00%
21%
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55+
76%
30-54
30-54
3%
13-29
13-29
0.22%
0-12
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