Roderick

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386 · #1,743 for boys in 2025, 93 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1967 · 1,008 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
47,183
since 1880

Roderick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Roderick has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #221, 1967boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,74393
2024—#1,90283
2023—#1,90982
2022—#1,665103
2021—#1,70096
2020—#1,609100
2019—#1,340134
2018—#1,352132
2017—#1,170160
2016—#1,016199
2015—#1,070185
2014—#1,082178
2013—#1,058178
2012—#979204
2011—#915220
2010—#961206
2009—#900229
2008—#936217
2007—#837255
2006—#732292
2005—#783249
2004—#720265
2003—#745240
2002—#637305
2001—#648288
2000—#613310
1999—#588331
1998—#627290
1997—#550356
1996—#535361
1995—#512399
1994—#485439
1993—#447489
1992—#432511
1991—#418540
1990—#387599
1989—#367610
1988#10,3866#360568
1987#7,9878#338597
1986#7,1349#321631
1985#8,3187#308668
1984#6,8109#311629
1983#6,21210#294682
1982#5,91111#279740
1981#4,96314#279742
1980#6,31910#278758
1979#6,18910#275746
1978#4,93113#280691
1977#8,4446#260760
1976#4,36314#253783
1975#5,16111#252796
1974#4,72012#235879
1973#6,0808#231909
1972#5,4809#229940
1971#5,13610#2231,057
1970#5,8188#2281,037
1969#5,0579#234981
1968#4,7799#227997
1967#4,05311#2211,008
1966#5,2737#225961
1965#4,8318#231997
1964—#2341,026
1963#5,2967#243989
1962#4,01111#252933
1961#6,5675#259900
1960—#276846
1959—#279806
1958#6,1035#289700
1957—#274766
1956#5,3256#282682
1955—#282646
1954—#299572
1953—#277632
1952—#304546
1951—#320466
1950—#314475
1949—#336401
1948—#351364
1947—#356368
1946—#375302
1945—#377248
1944—#398234
1943—#414222
1942—#434202
1941—#470160
1940—#457162
1939—#414189
1938—#410191
1937—#414188
1936—#409180
1935—#461151
1934—#430170
1933—#426166
1932—#484140
1931—#449156
1930—#480153
1929—#447177
1928—#443182
1927—#459178
1926—#456174
1925—#500148
1924—#532140
1923—#531131
1922—#535137
1921—#616106
1920—#615105
1919—#73076
1918—#64790
1917—#60796
1916—#64782
1915—#63284
1914—#62965
1913—#50374
1912—#59946
1911—#79317
1910—#82214
1909—#89311
1908—#74413
1907—#9309
1906—#70912
1905—#1,2335
1904—#8109
1903—#59514
1902—#8628
1901—#7798
1900—#69913
1899—#9286
1898—#63512
1897—#7259
1896—#7789
1895——
1894—#66810
1893—#9076
1892—#8617
1891—#45615
1890—#7398
1889—#6739
1888—#8157
1887—#48813
1886—#9595
1885—#7008
1884—#9715
1883——
1882—#8376
1881——
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Roderick was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Roderick is popular in 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Roderick in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Roderick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 159 spots since 2024 (#1,902 → #1,743)
  • 134 spots since 2020 (#1,609 → #1,743)
  • 673 spots since 2015 (#1,070 → #1,743)
  • Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #709)
  • Biggest drop: 423 spots in 1905 (#810 → #1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1967 at #221 (1,008 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 129 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1906–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,673
  • Highest: 1 in 1,673 boys born in 1971 were named Roderick (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,366 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #221 in 1967, was only 1 in 1,730 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 20.4% of all boys named Roderick (9,638) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s60#488 (1887)#774
1890s82#456 (1891)#744
1900s102#595 (1903)#825
1910s644#503 (1913)#661
1920s1,478#443 (1928)#513
1930s1,684#409 (1936)#438
1940s2,663#336 (1949)#397
1950s6,291#274 (1957)#292
1960s9,638#221 (1967)#240
1970s8,598#223 (1971)#247
1980s6,625#278 (1980)#314
1990s4,315#387 (1990)#498
2000s2,650#613 (2000)#755
2010s1,796#915 (2011)#1,094
2020s557#1,609 (2020)#1,755

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Roderick in 1911

boys
#793
17 births · 1 in 13,292 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #793Roderick17
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 13,292 of them was named Roderick, which outranked 60.3% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roderick
  1. #759Smith18
  2. #759Vicente18
  3. #759Washington18
  4. #793Roderick17
  5. #793Acie17
  6. #793Antoine17
  7. #793Arch17
  8. #824Adelbert16
  9. #824Alvah16
  10. #824Arvid16

Tied with 30 names at #793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911 →