Rodd
Masculine
Rodd doubles a final consonant that English words do not double there. The syllable it spells is also the front of a Spanish word that English took whole, along with the work it described.
How old is the name Rodd?
Rodd first appears in US birth records in 1948 — 77 years ago. The typical Rodd alive today was born around 1968, making them about 57 years old. About 700 people named Rodd are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rodd most popular?
Rodd peaked in 1968, reaching #1068 nationally. See the whole 1968 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Rodd
A rodeo in Spanish is a round-up: the annual gathering of cattle off open range to be counted, sorted and branded. It was ordinary work, done by vaqueros, and the skills it required were roping, cutting an animal out of a herd and staying on a horse that objected. Cowboys competed informally at it because they were young men doing dangerous work in company, and by the late nineteenth century somebody was charging admission. The sport is therefore a job with an audience, which is why its events are all still recognizably tasks, and why the Spanish vocabulary came with it: lasso, lariat, chaps, bronco, corral and the word rodeo itself.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Rod is usually a short form of Roderick or Rodney, both of which have documented histories. This spelling with a doubled letter is not documented and no reason for it has been recorded.
Pronouncing Rodd
ROD
One syllable. The doubled letter makes no audible difference at all.
Nicknames for Rodd
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1948
- Most boys named
- 196949 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1068reached in 1968
- Change vs 1988
- −40.0%6 in 1991, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rodds among us
people named Rodd are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Rodd sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Four letters and one syllable: as short and quick as a name gets.
- The sound is completely familiar, so nobody is ever at a loss for how to say it.
- Roddy is available as a short form and is thoroughly established.
- Rod is the standard spelling and the doubled letter will be dropped by nearly everyone.
- It is also an ordinary English noun, which colleagues and classmates will notice.
- It reads as a short form to most people, so formal settings will ask what it stands for.
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Rodd
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Frequently asked
- How many Rodds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Rodd are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rodd in 2025?
- Rodd is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Rodd with classmates?
- Rodd will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More R names
The most-given names starting with R, all years combined.
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