first name
RODNEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 172,298 people named Rodney, 65.2% reported their origin as White, 26.2% as Black and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 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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Rodney peaked in 1965, when 11,132 babies got the name.
At least 248,325 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.
Rodney by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #107. The largest share of babies named Rodney, 39.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Rodney is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rodney has been most common in North Dakota (2.4×), Hawaii (2.4×), and South Dakota (2.1×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.27×).
243,928 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 Rodney
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rodney, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rodney ranks #7,967 of 156,621, with 3,986 people. See Rodney as a last name
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