Rody
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 387since 1916
Rody over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rody has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
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| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
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| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
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| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #2,926 (1916) | #3,147 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,480 (1939) | #3,480 |
| 1940s | 14 | #2,862 (1947) | #3,037 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,942 (1954) | #3,459 |
| 1960s | 50 | #2,210 (1960) | #3,156 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,622 (1972) | #4,502 |
| 1980s | 36 | #4,698 (1985) | #5,805 |
| 1990s | 49 | #4,673 (1990) | #6,370 |
| 2000s | 65 | #6,460 (2006) | #9,094 |
| 2010s | 47 | #8,781 (2014) | #10,078 |
| 2020s | 35 | #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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