Name profile

Rhoda

A name meaning "rose".

PronunciationEnglish /ˈɹoʊ.də/
Usage languagesBiblical, English
US rank (2025)#3,296

Meaning and history

Rhoda is a name derived from Greek ῥόδον (rhodon), meaning “rose.” In the New Testament, it was borne by a maid in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, and it entered use as an English given name in the 17th century.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 36 births, rank #4,073
2007: 33 births, rank #4,475
2008: 43 births, rank #3,710
2009: 35 births, rank #4,269
2010: 50 births, rank #3,256
20112011: 32 births, rank #4,466
2012: 33 births, rank #4,387
2013: 38 births, rank #3,918
2014: 41 births, rank #3,719
2015: 48 births, rank #3,346
20162016: 52 births, rank #3,139
2017: 43 births, rank #3,552
2018: 47 births, rank #3,346
2019: 46 births, rank #3,388
2020: 46 births, rank #3,338
20212021: 57 births, rank #2,929
2022: 51 births, rank #3,171
2023: 48 births, rank #3,329
2024: 59 births, rank #2,819
20252025: 47 births, rank #3,296

Rhoda rose from #826 to #777 for girls between 1974 and 1975. Its highest annual birth count came in 1926, with 547 births.