Rodney — #1084 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rodney

The Social Security Administration has registered 246,952 babies named Rodney between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rodney currently holds the #1084 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 11,086 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rodney performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 72,192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rodney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,700 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rodney in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rodney 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 246,952 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.