Roderick

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386 · #1,743 for boys in 2025, 93 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1967 · 1,008 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
47,183
since 1880

Roderick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Roderick has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #221, 1967boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,74393
2024#1,90283
2023#1,90982
2022#1,665103
2021#1,70096
2020#1,609100
2019#1,340134
2018#1,352132
2017#1,170160
2016#1,016199
2015#1,070185
2014#1,082178
2013#1,058178
2012#979204
2011#915220
2010#961206
2009#900229
2008#936217
2007#837255
2006#732292
2005#783249
2004#720265
2003#745240
2002#637305
2001#648288
2000#613310
1999#588331
1998#627290
1997#550356
1996#535361
1995#512399
1994#485439
1993#447489
1992#432511
1991#418540
1990#387599
1989#367610
1988#10,3866#360568
1987#7,9878#338597
1986#7,1349#321631
1985#8,3187#308668
1984#6,8109#311629
1983#6,21210#294682
1982#5,91111#279740
1981#4,96314#279742
1980#6,31910#278758
1979#6,18910#275746
1978#4,93113#280691
1977#8,4446#260760
1976#4,36314#253783
1975#5,16111#252796
1974#4,72012#235879
1973#6,0808#231909
1972#5,4809#229940
1971#5,13610#2231,057
1970#5,8188#2281,037
1969#5,0579#234981
1968#4,7799#227997
1967#4,05311#2211,008
1966#5,2737#225961
1965#4,8318#231997
1964#2341,026
1963#5,2967#243989
1962#4,01111#252933
1961#6,5675#259900
1960#276846
1959#279806
1958#6,1035#289700
1957#274766
1956#5,3256#282682
1955#282646
1954#299572
1953#277632
1952#304546
1951#320466
1950#314475
1949#336401
1948#351364
1947#356368
1946#375302
1945#377248
1944#398234
1943#414222
1942#434202
1941#470160
1940#457162
1939#414189
1938#410191
1937#414188
1936#409180
1935#461151
1934#430170
1933#426166
1932#484140
1931#449156
1930#480153
1929#447177
1928#443182
1927#459178
1926#456174
1925#500148
1924#532140
1923#531131
1922#535137
1921#616106
1920#615105
1919#73076
1918#64790
1917#60796
1916#64782
1915#63284
1914#62965
1913#50374
1912#59946
1911#79317
1910#82214
1909#89311
1908#74413
1907#9309
1906#70912
1905#1,2335
1904#8109
1903#59514
1902#8628
1901#7798
1900#69913
1899#9286
1898#63512
1897#7259
1896#7789
1895
1894#66810
1893#9076
1892#8617
1891#45615
1890#7398
1889#6739
1888#8157
1887#48813
1886#9595
1885#7008
1884#9715
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Roderick was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Roderick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 159 spots since 2024 (#1,902#1,743)
  • 134 spots since 2020 (#1,609#1,743)
  • 673 spots since 2015 (#1,070#1,743)
  • Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1906 (#1,233#709)
  • Biggest drop: 423 spots in 1905 (#810#1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1967 at #221 (1,008 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 129 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1906–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,673
  • Highest: 1 in 1,673 boys born in 1971 were named Roderick (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,366 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #221 in 1967, was only 1 in 1,730 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 20.4% of all boys named Roderick (9,638) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s60#488 (1887)#774
1890s82#456 (1891)#744
1900s102#595 (1903)#825
1910s644#503 (1913)#661
1920s1,478#443 (1928)#513
1930s1,684#409 (1936)#438
1940s2,663#336 (1949)#397
1950s6,291#274 (1957)#292
1960s9,638#221 (1967)#240
1970s8,598#223 (1971)#247
1980s6,625#278 (1980)#314
1990s4,315#387 (1990)#498
2000s2,650#613 (2000)#755
2010s1,796#915 (2011)#1,094
2020s557#1,609 (2020)#1,755

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.

Roderick in 1967

girls
#4,053
11 births · 1 in 150,093 girls
boys
#221
1,008 births · 1 in 1,730 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #4,053Roderick11

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #221Roderick1,008
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 150,093 of them was named Roderick, which outranked 48.4% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roderick
  1. #3,845Yoland12
  2. #3,845Zola12
  3. #3,845Zonia12
  4. #4,053Roderick11
  5. #4,053Adrienna11
  6. #4,053Alix11
  7. #4,053Almeda11
  8. #4,300Adonica10
  9. #4,300Alda10
  10. #4,300Aleisa10

Tied with 246 names at #4,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 1,730 of them was named Roderick, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roderick
  1. #218Dana1,028
  2. #219Stacey1,020
  3. #220Perry1,014
  4. #221Roderick1,008
  5. #222Terrance989
  6. #223Dwight984
  7. #224Damon982
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967