Meaning not yet researched.
Roderick: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 93 in 2025. Its best rank was #221 in 1967.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #221 in 1967; #1,752 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Roderick in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,752 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1967, at #221.
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Roderick: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 93 boys in 2025. Peak: #221 in 1967 · most boys in one year: 1,057 (1971).
In 2025, 93 US boys were named Roderick, making it the 1,752nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 164 places from #1,916 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 83 boys named Roderick in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #221, reached in 1967. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,057, in 1971. For comparison, it was #1,072 in 2015 and #314 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roderick in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 47,446 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 9,705 babies named Roderick.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,182 US boys were named Roderick; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 199. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,366 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Roderick ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #600 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rodrigo (27,759 babies since 1880), Rodrick (8,968 babies since 1880), Broderick (8,952 babies since 1880) and Roderic (2,321 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rodderick, Roderrick and Roderich are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Erick, Rickie, Rod and Roddy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rodderick (237), Roderrick (46), Roderich (16).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 5 | #600 | #282 |
| Alabama | 6 | #749 | #382 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #880 | #358 |
| Georgia | 10 | #909 | #612 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,462 | #1,190 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,592 | #829 |
| California | 5 | #2,733 | #1,739 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 93 | #1,752 |
| 2024 | — | — | 83 | #1,916 |
| 2023 | — | — | 82 | #1,924 |
| 2022 | — | — | 103 | #1,675 |
| 2021 | — | — | 96 | #1,707 |
| 2020 | — | — | 100 | #1,620 |
| 2019 | — | — | 134 | #1,345 |
| 2018 | — | — | 132 | #1,355 |
| 2017 | — | — | 160 | #1,174 |
| 2016 | — | — | 199 | #1,017 |
| 2015 | — | — | 185 | #1,072 |
| 2014 | — | — | 178 | #1,087 |
| 2013 | — | — | 178 | #1,059 |
| 2012 | — | — | 204 | #982 |
| 2011 | — | — | 220 | #917 |
| 2010 | — | — | 206 | #964 |
| 2009 | — | — | 229 | #904 |
| 2008 | — | — | 217 | #939 |
| 2007 | — | — | 255 | #838 |
| 2006 | — | — | 292 | #733 |
| 2005 | — | — | 249 | #783 |
| 2004 | — | — | 265 | #721 |
| 2003 | — | — | 240 | #749 |
| 2002 | — | — | 305 | #639 |
| 2001 | — | — | 288 | #650 |
| 2000 | — | — | 310 | #615 |
| 1999 | — | — | 331 | #588 |
| 1998 | — | — | 290 | #628 |
| 1997 | — | — | 356 | #550 |
| 1996 | — | — | 361 | #535 |
| 1995 | — | — | 399 | #512 |
| 1994 | — | — | 439 | #486 |
| 1993 | — | — | 489 | #447 |
| 1992 | — | — | 511 | #432 |
| 1991 | — | — | 540 | #418 |
| 1990 | — | — | 599 | #387 |
| 1989 | — | — | 610 | #367 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,408 | 568 | #361 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,563 | 597 | #338 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,590 | 631 | #322 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,047 | 668 | #308 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,271 | 629 | #311 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,589 | 682 | #294 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,255 | 740 | #279 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,179 | 742 | #279 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,657 | 758 | #278 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,574 | 746 | #275 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,138 | 691 | #280 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,347 | 760 | #260 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,537 | 783 | #253 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,421 | 796 | #252 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,947 | 879 | #235 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,517 | 909 | #231 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,817 | 940 | #229 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,432 | 1,057 | #224 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,235 | 1,037 | #228 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,358 | 981 | #234 |
| 1968 | 9 | #5,063 | 997 | #227 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,240 | 1,008 | #221 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,687 | 961 | #226 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,194 | 997 | #231 |
| 1964 | — | — | 1,026 | #234 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,763 | 989 | #243 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,216 | 933 | #252 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,322 | 900 | #260 |
| 1960 | — | — | 846 | #276 |
| 1959 | — | — | 806 | #279 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,821 | 700 | #289 |
| 1957 | — | — | 766 | #274 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,819 | 682 | #282 |
| 1955 | — | — | 646 | #282 |
| 1954 | — | — | 572 | #300 |
| 1953 | — | — | 632 | #277 |
| 1952 | — | — | 546 | #304 |
| 1951 | — | — | 466 | #320 |
| 1950 | — | — | 475 | #314 |
| 1949 | — | — | 401 | #336 |
| 1948 | — | — | 364 | #351 |
| 1947 | — | — | 368 | #356 |
| 1946 | — | — | 302 | #375 |
| 1945 | — | — | 248 | #379 |
| 1944 | — | — | 234 | #398 |
| 1943 | — | — | 222 | #415 |
| 1942 | — | — | 202 | #434 |
| 1941 | — | — | 160 | #472 |
| 1940 | — | — | 162 | #457 |
| 1939 | — | — | 189 | #414 |
| 1938 | — | — | 191 | #410 |
| 1937 | — | — | 188 | #416 |
| 1936 | — | — | 180 | #411 |
| 1935 | — | — | 151 | #462 |
| 1934 | — | — | 170 | #432 |
| 1933 | — | — | 166 | #428 |
| 1932 | — | — | 140 | #486 |
| 1931 | — | — | 156 | #451 |
| 1930 | — | — | 153 | #482 |
| 1929 | — | — | 177 | #448 |
| 1928 | — | — | 182 | #443 |
| 1927 | — | — | 178 | #459 |
| 1926 | — | — | 174 | #458 |
| 1925 | — | — | 148 | #501 |
| 1924 | — | — | 140 | #533 |
| 1923 | — | — | 131 | #534 |
| 1922 | — | — | 137 | #536 |
| 1921 | — | — | 106 | #619 |
| 1920 | — | — | 105 | #617 |
| 1919 | — | — | 76 | #737 |
| 1918 | — | — | 90 | #650 |
| 1917 | — | — | 96 | #609 |
| 1916 | — | — | 82 | #648 |
| 1915 | — | — | 84 | #636 |
| 1914 | — | — | 65 | #631 |
| 1913 | — | — | 74 | #506 |
| 1912 | — | — | 46 | #606 |
| 1911 | — | — | 17 | #817 |
| 1910 | — | — | 14 | #854 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #944 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #772 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #988 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #745 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,389 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #864 |
| 1903 | — | — | 14 | #613 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #916 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #842 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #724 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | — | — | 12 | #656 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #776 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #816 |
| 1894 | — | — | 10 | #715 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #1,008 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #937 |
| 1891 | — | — | 15 | #470 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #800 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #714 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #899 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #511 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,080 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #752 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,095 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #927 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #795 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).