Rody — #10990 US boys' name
379 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.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Rody was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Rody in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rody
The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Rody between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rody currently holds the #10990 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rody performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rody shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rody 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 379 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.
Rody at a glance
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Current rank
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Rody popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (1960)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #10990 among boys.
379 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 14 births in a single year.
Rody by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 65 births that decade — 17% of Rody's all-time total
Rody decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rody's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–2024 (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.