first name
RODERICK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 32,175 people named Roderick, 60.4% reported their origin as Black, 27.6% as White and 4.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Roderick peaked in 1971, when 1,067 babies got the name.
At least 47,446 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Roderick by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #533. The largest share of babies named Roderick, 30.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Roderick is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roderick has been most common in Alabama (4.6×), Mississippi (3.4×), and Louisiana (3.2×), and least common in Nebraska (0.14×).
41,702 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Roderick
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roderick, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Roderick ranks #5,377 of 156,621, with 6,263 people. See Roderick as a last name
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