Roddy
#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 78 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,541since 1914
Roddy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Roddy has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #1,659 | 29 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,705 | 27 |
| 1970 | #1,142 | 52 |
| 1969 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1967 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1966 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1965 | #897 | 67 |
| 1964 | #952 | 64 |
| 1963 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1962 | #1,028 | 55 |
| 1961 | #833 | 85 |
| 1960 | #821 | 86 |
| 1959 | #825 | 85 |
| 1958 | #1,222 | 40 |
| 1957 | #1,199 | 42 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,091 | 47 |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #1,046 | 48 |
| 1952 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #1,123 | 41 |
| 1950 | #885 | 60 |
| 1949 | #997 | 49 |
| 1948 | #824 | 68 |
| 1947 | #870 | 64 |
| 1946 | #746 | 78 |
| 1945 | #864 | 52 |
| 1944 | #1,055 | 39 |
| 1943 | #986 | 46 |
| 1942 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,225 | 29 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Roddy! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Roddy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,875 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #7,679)
- 1,889 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 397 spots in 1959 (#1,222 → #825)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1951 (#885 → #1,123)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1946 at #746 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1945–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,821
- Highest: 1 in 20,821 boys born in 1946 were named Roddy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 22.3% of all boys named Roddy (566) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,776 |
| 1920s | 91 | #1,848 (1929) | #3,020 |
| 1930s | 200 | #1,141 (1939) | #1,645 |
| 1940s | 485 | #746 (1946) | #1,013 |
| 1950s | 484 | #825 (1959) | #1,092 |
| 1960s | 566 | #821 (1960) | #1,050 |
| 1970s | 276 | #1,142 (1970) | #1,861 |
| 1980s | 156 | #2,367 (1980) | #3,100 |
| 1990s | 108 | #3,309 (1990) | #5,784 |
| 2000s | 63 | #6,088 (2002) | #9,041 |
| 2010s | 66 | #7,559 (2012) | #8,809 |
| 2020s | 31 | #7,679 (2025) | #9,230 |
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.
Roddy in 1945
boys
#864
52 births · 1 in 25,882 boys
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 25,882 of them was named Roddy, which outranked 77.2% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).