Rod
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 494 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,744since 1910
Rod over time
Rank among boys' names. Rod has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #1,879 | 35 |
| 1987 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1980 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1979 | #1,304 | 50 |
| 1978 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,127 | 59 |
| 1976 | #1,111 | 58 |
| 1975 | #925 | 78 |
| 1974 | #903 | 80 |
| 1973 | #879 | 82 |
| 1972 | #724 | 121 |
| 1971 | #661 | 155 |
| 1970 | #580 | 193 |
| 1969 | #530 | 220 |
| 1968 | #496 | 233 |
| 1967 | #417 | 335 |
| 1966 | #401 | 352 |
| 1965 | #344 | 494 |
| 1964 | #423 | 367 |
| 1963 | #401 | 405 |
| 1962 | #393 | 425 |
| 1961 | #390 | 419 |
| 1960 | #350 | 496 |
| 1959 | #357 | 481 |
| 1958 | #420 | 349 |
| 1957 | #430 | 324 |
| 1956 | #519 | 212 |
| 1955 | #588 | 156 |
| 1954 | #621 | 141 |
| 1953 | #683 | 109 |
| 1952 | #729 | 93 |
| 1951 | #799 | 78 |
| 1950 | #758 | 82 |
| 1949 | #664 | 107 |
| 1948 | #538 | 152 |
| 1947 | #485 | 191 |
| 1946 | #492 | 171 |
| 1945 | #622 | 95 |
| 1944 | #720 | 74 |
| 1943 | #773 | 71 |
| 1942 | #859 | 58 |
| 1941 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #992 | 41 |
| 1938 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
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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.
Where Rod is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#178 · 1 in 1,352
- Utah#242 · 1 in 1,925
- Ohio#440 · 1 in 13,044
- California#448 · 1 in 8,027
- Michigan#471 · 1 in 12,653
Best ever in a state: #105 in Idaho, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #178 | 12 | 1 in 1,352 |
| Utah | #242 | 5 | 1 in 1,925 |
| Ohio | #440 | 7 | 1 in 13,044 |
| California | #448 | 15 | 1 in 8,027 |
| Michigan | #471 | 6 | 1 in 12,653 |
| Illinois | #490 | 7 | 1 in 13,012 |
| Pennsylvania | #536 | 5 | 1 in 21,663 |
| Texas | #864 | 6 | 1 in 16,757 |
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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 Rod
- 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)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1965 at #344 (494 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1942–1975
- 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%)
- 42.8% of all boys named Rod (3,746) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 32 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,895 |
| 1920s | 72 | #1,960 (1928) | #2,805 |
| 1930s | 232 | #992 (1939) | #1,528 |
| 1940s | 990 | #485 (1947) | #735 |
| 1950s | 2,025 | #357 (1959) | #590 |
| 1960s | 3,746 | #344 (1965) | #415 |
| 1970s | 923 | #580 (1970) | #954 |
| 1980s | 316 | #1,524 (1980) | #1,906 |
| 1990s | 229 | #2,049 (1990) | #3,213 |
| 2000s | 113 | #4,204 (2000) | #7,082 |
| 2010s | 52 | #7,157 (2016) | #9,608 |
| 2020s | 14 | #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 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 16,579 of them was named Rod, which outranked 84.2% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).