Rodman — #12384 US boys' name
1,331 babies named Rodman in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Rodman was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Rodman in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rodman
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,331 babies named Rodman between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rodman currently holds the #12384 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rodman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rodman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Rodman in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rodman 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 1,331 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.
Rodman at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Rodman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1928)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #12384 among boys.
1,331 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 34 births in a single year.
Rodman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 273 births that decade — 21% of Rodman's all-time total
Rodman decade highlights
- Peak decade 273 births
- Runner-up 179 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rodman's strongest decade
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Rodman by state
Where Rodman concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 88 | 6.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 58 | 4.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 16 | 1.2% |
| #4 | California | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
88 of 1,331 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 6.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.2% of nationwide
- California 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–2024 (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.