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