Unisex name · since 2023
Rhode
19 babies named Rhode in U.S. Social Security records since 2023, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,557 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
19 babies have been named Rhode since 2023, making it today's #13557 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Rhode recorded 19 times among boys since 2023, holding rank #13557 nationally today, ahead of 3% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2025.
- #29,487 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,557 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 19 born since 2023
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhode ranks #29,487 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,557 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 19 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,557 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rhode's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rhode compares
19 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rhode's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhode | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rhode's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rhode splits its recorded history at 2024: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rhode popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Rhode popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Rhode as girls' name)
Rhode by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Rhode's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Rhode births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhode: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2023–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rhode draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.