Roderick — #1901 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Roderick

The Social Security Administration has registered 47,088 babies named Roderick between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roderick currently holds the #1901 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 1,057 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roderick performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 9,637 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Roderick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Roderick in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roderick 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 47,088 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.