Rodricus — boys' name
285 babies named Rodricus in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Rodricus was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Rodricus in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rodricus
The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Rodricus between 1975 and 2017, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rodricus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rodricus performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rodricus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Rodricus in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rodricus 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 285 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.
Rodricus at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rodricus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1975
- Peak year (1984)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
285 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 22 births in a single year.
Rodricus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 145 births that decade — 51% of Rodricus's all-time total
Rodricus decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rodricus's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Rodricus by state
Where Rodricus concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 39 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 8 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.8% |
39 of 285 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 13.7% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 13.7% 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, 1975–2017 (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.