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Rody

Masculine

1916high 1960
#8910 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare8 boys in 2025

Rody entered the US charts in 1916, peaked at #2210 in 1960, ranks #8910 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Rody?

Rody first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Rody alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 300 people named Rody are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Rody most popular?

Rody peaked in 1960, reaching #2210 nationally. Today it ranks #8910, 6,700 places below that high. See the whole 1960 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1916–2025147014819162025

US babies named Rody per year from 1916 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#22101910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1916
Most boys named
196014 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2210reached in 1960
Change vs 2024
+33.3%8 in 2025, from 6
Rody sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1960, with 14 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Rodys among us

300

people named Rody are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 213,510 born in 2025 was named Rody

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Rody

#8910
Rody on the 2025 chart
#910
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Rody went to 8 boys in 2025, but Roddy is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 18, which makes it the 910th most-given boys’ name of the year — 8,000 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 213,510 for Rody itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Aniceto test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rody's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Aniceto climbed just as high around 1931, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Aniceto's path sketches the road Rody is walking now.

40%chance Rody will feel dated by 2040
Rody, aligned on its peakAniceto· peak 1931not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsAniceto · #10881Rody today
Rody today is about where Aniceto stood in 1996 — 65 years past a #2207-sized peak. By 2011, Aniceto had settled around #12185.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Rody sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Rody beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Rody in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Rodythis name8#8910Davie8#8910Ned8#8910Darious8#8910Alois8#8910

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Rodys are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Rody are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Rody?
Rody is one of 2 recorded spellings. Roddy is the more common one — 10 births in 2025 against 8 for Rody.
How popular is the name Rody in 2025?
Rody ranks #8910 among US boy names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Rody?
About 1 in every 213,510 US boys born in 2025 was named Rody — 8 in all.
Will my child share the name Rody with classmates?
Rody will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Rody

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Davie#8910 · Ned#8910 · Darious#8910 · Alois#8910 · Len#8910 · Barton#8910 · Desmon#8910 · Winfield#8910

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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