Rodrigus — boys' name
50 babies named Rodrigus in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Rodrigus was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rodrigus in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rodrigus
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Rodrigus between 1976 and 1990, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rodrigus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rodrigus performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rodrigus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rodrigus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rodrigus 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 50 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.
Rodrigus at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rodrigus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1976
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
50 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Rodrigus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 40 births that decade — 80% of Rodrigus's all-time total
Rodrigus decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rodrigus's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Rodrigus by state
Where Rodrigus concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 10.0% |
5 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 10.0% 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, 1976–1990 (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.