Boys' name · since 1916
Rody
387 babies named Rody in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,989 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 387
- born since 1916
- 2000s
- peak decade
387 babies have been named Rody since 1916, making it today's #8989 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Rody recorded 387 times among boys since 1916, holding rank #8989 nationally today, ahead of 35% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #9,204 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,989 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 387 born since 1916
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rody ranks #9,204 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,989 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 387 born since 1916, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,989 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 387
- born since 1916
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rody's 387 recorded births place it above 79.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rody compares
387 Top 49% higher than 51% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rody's all-time total is 5% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rody | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 387 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rody's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rody's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1960 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rody popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Rody by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (65 births, 17% of the file).
2000s was Rody's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Rody births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 15
1910s
15 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1950s
1950s
38 births
- 1960s
1960s
50 births
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 65 births (17% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rody's data
- Rody's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rody: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rody draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.