How Many People Are Named Rhona?
people named Rhona are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 285,773 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,687 babies named Rhona in Social Security records from 1915 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
89 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly derived from the name of the Hebridean island Rona, which means "rough island" in Gaelic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rhona in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rhona alive today is about 64 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rhona first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1951, to 89 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Rhona has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #993, in 1951.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #993 (1951) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,430 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rhona alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rhona were born in New York than in any other state: about 209 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rhona was given 6.9 times as often in New York and 2.5 times in Pennsylvania.
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