Girls' name · since 1921
Roda
118 babies named Roda in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,094 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 1921
- 2010s
- peak decade
118 babies have been named Roda since 1921, making it today's #15094 girls' name.
Roda has 118 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15094 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2025.
- #25,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,094 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 1921
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roda ranks #25,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,094 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 118 born since 1921, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,094 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 1921
- 2010s
- peak decade
Roda's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Roda compares
118 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Roda's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Roda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Roda's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Roda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Roda by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (32 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Roda's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Roda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Roda's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Roda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~104 yrs)
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, 1921–2025 (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 Roda 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.