Rodney
An English place name and surname; Admiral Rodney’s fame moved it to a given name.
1965peak year
No. 33best rank (1965)
248,325babies since 1880
—outside top 1000 in 2025
Popularity, 1880–2025
Rodney appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1946 to 1977. Its biggest year was 1965, when 11,086 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 33 nationally. All told, 248,325 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
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| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 112 | No. 491 |
| 1890s | 162 | No. 415 |
| 1900s | 194 | No. 400 |
| 1910s | 1,775 | No. 312 |
| 1920s | 4,519 | No. 223 |
| 1930s | 9,695 | No. 122 |
| 1940s | 24,846 | No. 87 |
| 1950s | 54,817 | No. 58 |
| 1960s | 72,194 | No. 33 |
| 1970s | 37,446 | No. 55 |
| 1980s | 17,872 | No. 121 |
| 1990s | 12,122 | No. 181 |
| 2000s | 6,466 | No. 342 |
| 2010s | 3,624 | No. 549 |
| 2020s | 1,306 | No. 863 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.