Roderick Boy
How popular is Roderick?
#1,743 boy name in 2025
93 baby boys were named Roderick in the US in 2025, making it the 1743rd most popular boy name.
Roderick popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,743 for boys (▲ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 93 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,070 in 2015, #1,609 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1971 (1,057 boys) |
| Highest rank | #221 in 1967 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Roderick counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Roderick family of names ranked #1,450 for boys in 2025 (#1,551 the year before), with 99 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Roderick | 93 | 94% |
| Roderic | 6 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Roderick is most popular
Babies named Roderick per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Roderick by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 60 | #488 |
| 1890s | 82 | #456 |
| 1900s | 102 | #595 |
| 1910s | 644 | #503 |
| 1920s | 1,478 | #443 |
| 1930s | 1,684 | #409 |
| 1940s | 2,663 | #336 |
| 1950s | 6,291 | #274 |
| 1960s | 9,638 | #221 |
| 1970s | 8,598 | #223 |
| 1980s | 6,625 | #278 |
| 1990s | 4,315 | #387 |
| 2000s | 2,650 | #613 |
| 2010s | 1,796 | #915 |
| 2020s | 557 | #1,609 |
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Questions
- Is Roderick a boy or girl name?
- Roderick is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Roderick were boys.
- How popular is the name Roderick?
- 93 baby boys were named Roderick in the US in 2025, making it the 1743rd most popular boy name.
- When was Roderick most popular?
- Roderick peaked in 1971, when 1,057 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #221 in 1967.
- How many people are named Roderick?
- 47,446 babies have been named Roderick in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,454 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Roderick most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Roderick was most common in Alabama, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.