Rody

Peak · boys
1960 · 14 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
387
since 1916

Rody over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rody has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,210, 1960boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#10,9386
2023#12,2395
2022#7,76810
2021#10,7996
2020—
2019#9,7567
2018—
2017#10,7756
2016#9,6647
2015—
2014#8,7818
2013—
2012#12,2745
2011#9,6007
2010#9,6937
2009—
2008#7,69810
2007#9,7887
2006#6,46012
2005#10,1516
2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
2002#8,4567
2001#9,2436
2000#9,1126
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1998#6,8438
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1996#7,9716
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1993#6,2288
1992#5,23610
1991#7,2716
1990#4,67311
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1987#6,0896
1986#6,7215
1985#4,6988
1984#6,3155
1983#5,4846
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1980#5,5256
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1977#5,8455
1976#4,0128
1975#4,3097
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1972#3,6228
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1970#4,7245
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1968#3,3657
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1966#3,5376
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1963#3,6466
1962#3,6406
1961#2,53811
1960#2,21014
1959#3,6196
1958#3,2757
1957#3,5526
1956#3,9425
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1954#2,9428
1953#3,4256
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1916#2,9268
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Rody! It came in at #2,926, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rody is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Rody in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Rody
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 2,028 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1960 at #2,210 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 111,260
  • Highest: 1 in 111,260 boys born in 1916 were named Rody (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,210 in 1960, was only 1 in 152,309 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Rody (65) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s15#2,926 (1916)#3,147
1920s0——
1930s5#3,480 (1939)#3,480
1940s14#2,862 (1947)#3,037
1950s38#2,942 (1954)#3,459
1960s50#2,210 (1960)#3,156
1970s33#3,622 (1972)#4,502
1980s36#4,698 (1985)#5,805
1990s49#4,673 (1990)#6,370
2000s65#6,460 (2006)#9,094
2010s47#8,781 (2014)#10,078
2020s35#7,768 (2022)#10,131

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.

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