Recorded 1922–1983 Boys' name Peak 1922 17 births

Rd — boys' name

17 babies named Rd in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s121980s5
1920s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Rd was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

6 babies were named Rd in 1922 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rd

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Rd between 1922 and 1983, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rd performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rd shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rd in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Rd at a glance

Last recorded 1983

Total births

17

Since 1922

62 years of records

Peak year

1922

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1983

Active since

1922

Recorded for 62 years

Last year on file: 1983

Rd popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1922

Last recorded 1983
Peak year (1922)
6
Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
4.555.566.5 198319251922 6

Rd by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
12 births that decade — 71% of Rd's all-time total
1920s121980s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rd?
17 babies have been named Rd since 1922. It was last recorded in 1983. The peak year was 1922 with 6 births.
When was Rd most popular?
Rd was most popular in the 1920s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
How long has the name Rd been used?
Rd has been recorded in Social Security data since 1922, spanning 62 years of data through 1983.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.