Given name & surname
Ronda
“wielding a good spear”
In English use, Ronda has a related form in Rhonda. One Welsh interpretation is “wielding a good spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ronda has a related form in Rhonda. One Welsh interpretation is “wielding a good spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Ronda has a related form in Rhonda. An origin associated with Rhonda is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ronda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34,674
- 359 boys · 34,315 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 1,922 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,913 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 29,747 as a first name in 2020; 711 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ronda’s family of names
In English usage, Ronda has a related form in Rhonda.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ronda
- Ronda RouseyAmerican former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and judokaborn 1987
- Ronda StrykerAmerican businesswoman, billionaire heiressborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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