Rodrick

Where Rodrick comes from

The dictionaries list Rodrick as a given name — a male given name, variant of Roderick — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Rodrick Rhodes born
    American basketball player-coach
  3. 1977
    Peak, #491
    273 babies named Rodrick — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #802.
  5. 1990
    Rodrick Kuku born
    Congolese judoka
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Roderick.
Namesakes
  • Rodrick Rhodes · American basketball player-coach, born 1973
  • Rodrick Kuku · Congolese judoka, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.