Rod

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763

Peak · boys
1965 · 494 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,744
since 1910

Rod over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rod has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #344, 1965boys
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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
2024
2023#9,7637
2022
2021#9,7147
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#7,15711
2015#10,6446
2014#12,1085
2013#8,1189
2012#8,8648
2011#9,6007
2010#10,7666
2009#12,4915
2008#9,8717
2007#6,26213
2006#6,46012
2005#7,09610
2004#8,1438
2003#4,81516
2002#6,08811
2001#5,39013
2000#4,20418
1999#4,34116
1998#4,01917
1997#3,16023
1996#4,18515
1995#2,76226
1994#2,84725
1993#2,94323
1992#2,36231
1991#3,46217
1990#2,04936
1989#2,35928
1988#1,87935
1987#2,21526
1986#2,00729
1985#2,01928
1984#1,65635
1983#1,65135
1982#2,05926
1981#1,69534
1980#1,52440
1979#1,30450
1978#1,32647
1977#1,12759
1976#1,11158
1975#92578
1974#90380
1973#87982
1972#724121
1971#661155
1970#580193
1969#530220
1968#496233
1967#417335
1966#401352
1965#344494
1964#423367
1963#401405
1962#393425
1961#390419
1960#350496
1959#357481
1958#420349
1957#430324
1956#519212
1955#588156
1954#621141
1953#683109
1952#72993
1951#79978
1950#75882
1949#664107
1948#538152
1947#485191
1946#492171
1945#62295
1944#72074
1943#77371
1942#85958
1941#1,06637
1940#1,13534
1939#99241
1938#1,43922
1937#1,23329
1936#1,32625
1935#1,27328
1934#1,86015
1933#1,28127
1932#1,84816
1931#2,20712
1930#1,82117
1929#2,09614
1928#1,96016
1927#2,52311
1926
1925#3,1558
1924
1923#3,1758
1922
1921#3,5177
1920#3,2088
1919
1918#2,8829
1917
1916#3,5166
1915#3,3926
1914#3,2645
1913
1912
1911
1910#1,4216
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Rod! It came in at #1,421, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rod
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 447 spots in 1939 (#1,439#992)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1976 (#925#1,111)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1965 at #344 (494 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1942–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,765
  • Highest: 1 in 3,765 boys born in 1965 were named Rod (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,368 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 42.8% of all boys named Rod (3,746) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s32#1,421 (1910)#2,895
1920s72#1,960 (1928)#2,805
1930s232#992 (1939)#1,528
1940s990#485 (1947)#735
1950s2,025#357 (1959)#590
1960s3,746#344 (1965)#415
1970s923#580 (1970)#954
1980s316#1,524 (1980)#1,906
1990s229#2,049 (1990)#3,213
2000s113#4,204 (2000)#7,082
2010s52#7,157 (2016)#9,608
2020s14#9,714 (2021)#9,739

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.

Rod in 1910

boys
#1,421
6 births · 1 in 32,368 boys

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #1,421Rod6
More about 1910

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 32,368 of them was named Rod, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rod
  1. #1,314Young7
  2. #1,314Zeb7
  3. #1,314Zollie7
  4. #1,421Rod6
  5. #1,421Adell6
  6. #1,421Afton6
  7. #1,421Agustin6
  8. #1,589Adelard5
  9. #1,589Aime5
  10. #1,589Albino5

Tied with 167 names at #1,421; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. 711Emma#1,440#729
  2. 679Arturo#1,277#598
  3. 679Sammy#1,277#598
  4. 658Tracy#1,440#782
  5. 623Issac#1,277#654
Fallers
  1. 833Hadley#756#1,589
  2. 785Cedric#804#1,589
  3. 707Waymon#714#1,421
  4. 696Hughie#893#1,589
  5. 696Maceo#893#1,589

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

See the top 100 for 1910