Rodney
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #9,874 · #1,091 for boys in 2025, 197 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 11,086 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 32 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 247,150since 1880
Rodney over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,091 | 197 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,076 | 202 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,144 | 183 | |
| 2022 | — | #990 | 228 | |
| 2021 | — | #957 | 234 | |
| 2020 | — | #863 | 262 | |
| 2019 | — | #853 | 262 | |
| 2018 | — | #820 | 273 | |
| 2017 | — | #777 | 301 | |
| 2016 | — | #717 | 341 | |
| 2015 | — | #714 | 347 | |
| 2014 | — | #696 | 357 | |
| 2013 | — | #627 | 392 | |
| 2012 | — | #593 | 430 | |
| 2011 | — | #553 | 461 | |
| 2010 | — | #549 | 460 | |
| 2009 | — | #492 | 554 | |
| 2008 | — | #503 | 545 | |
| 2007 | — | #438 | 639 | |
| 2006 | — | #447 | 606 | |
| 2005 | — | #447 | 579 | |
| 2004 | — | #432 | 602 | |
| 2003 | — | #378 | 688 | |
| 2002 | — | #369 | 714 | |
| 2001 | — | #358 | 740 | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #342 | 799 |
| 1999 | — | #321 | 868 | |
| 1998 | — | #319 | 866 | |
| 1997 | — | #280 | 995 | |
| 1996 | — | #267 | 1,055 | |
| 1995 | — | #256 | 1,099 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #244 | 1,183 |
| 1993 | — | #225 | 1,309 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #210 | 1,477 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #198 | 1,560 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #181 | 1,710 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #176 | 1,737 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #162 | 1,730 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #171 | 1,596 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #166 | 1,629 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | #168 | 1,621 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #165 | 1,626 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #161 | 1,692 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #145 | 1,947 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #135 | 2,028 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #121 | 2,266 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #117 | 2,300 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #102 | 2,554 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | #97 | 2,703 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | #88 | 2,984 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #76 | 3,583 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | #72 | 3,849 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | #68 | 4,059 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #65 | 4,363 |
| 1971 | #1,857 | 47 | #59 | 5,195 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | #55 | 5,856 |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 | #49 | 6,669 |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | #42 | 7,505 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | #37 | 8,440 |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 | #35 | 10,268 |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 | #33 | 11,086 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 | #59 | 6,073 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | #76 | 5,193 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | #76 | 5,435 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | #72 | 5,660 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | #68 | 5,865 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #67 | 5,917 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 | #65 | 5,865 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #70 | 5,862 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | #65 | 6,076 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #65 | 6,047 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #66 | 5,959 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #58 | 6,536 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #84 | 4,403 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #84 | 4,296 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #88 | 3,856 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #87 | 3,826 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #92 | 3,466 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #94 | 3,564 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #93 | 3,304 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #105 | 2,185 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #123 | 1,781 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #118 | 1,984 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #121 | 1,788 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #127 | 1,551 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #133 | 1,397 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #122 | 1,446 |
| 1938 | — | #133 | 1,302 | |
| 1937 | — | #151 | 1,025 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #152 | 1,009 |
| 1935 | — | #149 | 1,027 | |
| 1934 | — | #160 | 929 | |
| 1933 | — | #173 | 783 | |
| 1932 | — | #172 | 829 | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #186 | 706 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #208 | 639 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #233 | 539 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #223 | 589 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #236 | 562 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #256 | 482 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #271 | 447 |
| 1924 | — | #290 | 397 | |
| 1923 | — | #286 | 389 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #278 | 400 |
| 1921 | — | #297 | 361 | |
| 1920 | — | #304 | 353 | |
| 1919 | — | #312 | 315 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #368 | 253 |
| 1917 | — | #363 | 234 | |
| 1916 | — | #349 | 237 | |
| 1915 | — | #349 | 235 | |
| 1914 | — | #336 | 189 | |
| 1913 | — | #363 | 131 | |
| 1912 | — | #416 | 88 | |
| 1911 | — | #357 | 59 | |
| 1910 | — | #474 | 34 | |
| 1909 | — | #519 | 25 | |
| 1908 | — | #475 | 27 | |
| 1907 | — | #616 | 17 | |
| 1906 | — | #400 | 29 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #518 | 21 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #419 | 19 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rodney was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Rodney is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#106 · 1 in 504
- Maine#113 · 1 in 468
- Montana#170 · 1 in 1,119
- Minnesota#183 · 1 in 1,358
- Washington#184 · 1 in 1,285
Best ever in a state: #15 in North Carolina, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #106 | 10 | 1 in 504 |
| Maine | #113 | 12 | 1 in 468 |
| Montana | #170 | 5 | 1 in 1,119 |
| Minnesota | #183 | 15 | 1 in 1,358 |
| Washington | #184 | 7 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Maryland | #199 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Wisconsin | #205 | 13 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Massachusetts | #206 | 13 | 1 in 2,506 |
| California | #237 | 11 | 1 in 1,967 |
| Ohio | #240 | 18 | 1 in 2,666 |
| Nebraska | #271 | 5 | 1 in 2,267 |
| New Jersey | #284 | 6 | 1 in 4,578 |
| Iowa | #303 | 6 | 1 in 3,367 |
| Kansas | #303 | 5 | 1 in 2,946 |
| Pennsylvania | #309 | 17 | 1 in 5,083 |
| West Virginia | #318 | 5 | 1 in 2,804 |
| Michigan | #328 | 8 | 1 in 4,097 |
| Louisiana | #329 | 7 | 1 in 2,460 |
| New York | #357 | 14 | 1 in 6,413 |
| Missouri | #378 | 6 | 1 in 4,461 |
| Illinois | #395 | 8 | 1 in 6,827 |
| Georgia | #512 | 5 | 1 in 5,847 |
| Texas | #623 | 7 | 1 in 6,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rodney
- 15 spots since 2024 (#1,076 → #1,091)
- 228 spots since 2020 (#863 → #1,091)
- 377 spots since 2015 (#714 → #1,091)
- Biggest jump: 274 spots in 1895 (#730 → #456)
- Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1894 (#419 → #730)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1965 at #33 (11,086 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1946–1977
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2022
- Highest: 1 in 168 boys born in 1965 were named Rodney (0.60%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,670 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 29.2% of all boys named Rodney (72,194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 112 | #491 (1886) | #580 |
| 1890s | 162 | #415 (1890) | #500 |
| 1900s | 194 | #400 (1906) | #547 |
| 1910s | 1,775 | #312 (1919) | #369 |
| 1920s | 4,519 | #223 (1928) | #267 |
| 1930s | 9,695 | #122 (1939) | #161 |
| 1940s | 24,846 | #87 (1949) | #109 |
| 1950s | 54,817 | #58 (1953) | #71 |
| 1960s | 72,194 | #33 (1965) | #55 |
| 1970s | 37,446 | #55 (1970) | #80 |
| 1980s | 17,872 | #121 (1980) | #157 |
| 1990s | 12,122 | #181 (1990) | #250 |
| 2000s | 6,466 | #342 (2000) | #421 |
| 2010s | 3,624 | #549 (2010) | #690 |
| 2020s | 1,306 | #863 (2020) | #1,020 |
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.
Rodney in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Rodney, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 4,006 of them was named Rodney, which outranked 92.4% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).