Rod
#1,272 most common boys' name of all time · #3,052 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1910–2023
Rank among boys
#1,272
Rank overall
#3,052 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
8,744
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1960 #350
Best rank
#344 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 496/yr
Rod first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,809 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,775 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,183 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,725 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,215 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,163 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,921 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,674 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,846 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,604 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,942 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,496 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,148 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,214 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,835 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,132 |
| 2001 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,417 |
| 2000 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,228 |
| 1999 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,365 |
| 1998 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,044 |
| 1997 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,180 |
| 1996 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,223 |
| 1995 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,773 |
| 1994 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,867 |
| 1993 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,964 |
| 1992 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,376 |
| 1991 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,496 |
| 1990 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,059 |
| 1989 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,370 |
| 1988 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,889 |
| 1987 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,239 |
| 1986 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,016 |
| 1985 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,036 |
| 1984 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,666 |
| 1983 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,666 |
| 1982 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1981 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,708 |
| 1980 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,532 |
| 1979 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1978 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,337 |
| 1977 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,134 |
| 1976 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,115 |
| 1975 | — | 78 | 78 | #928 |
| 1974 | — | 80 | 80 | #908 |
| 1973 | — | 82 | 82 | #882 |
| 1972 | — | 121 | 121 | #727 |
| 1971 | — | 155 | 155 | #663 |
| 1970 | — | 193 | 193 | #581 |
| 1969 | — | 220 | 220 | #530 |
| 1968 | — | 233 | 233 | #496 |
| 1967 | — | 335 | 335 | #418 |
| 1966 | — | 352 | 352 | #403 |
| 1965 | — | 494 | 494 | #344 |
| 1964 | — | 367 | 367 | #423 |
| 1963 | — | 405 | 405 | #401 |
| 1962 | — | 425 | 425 | #393 |
| 1961 | — | 419 | 419 | #390 |
| 1960 | — | 496 | 496 | #350 |
| 1959 | — | 481 | 481 | #358 |
| 1958 | — | 349 | 349 | #420 |
| 1957 | — | 324 | 324 | #431 |
| 1956 | — | 212 | 212 | #519 |
| 1955 | — | 156 | 156 | #589 |
| 1954 | — | 141 | 141 | #623 |
| 1953 | — | 109 | 109 | #685 |
| 1952 | — | 93 | 93 | #732 |
| 1951 | — | 78 | 78 | #802 |
| 1950 | — | 82 | 82 | #760 |
| 1949 | — | 107 | 107 | #667 |
| 1948 | — | 152 | 152 | #539 |
| 1947 | — | 191 | 191 | #486 |
| 1946 | — | 171 | 171 | #494 |
| 1945 | — | 95 | 95 | #623 |
| 1944 | — | 74 | 74 | #728 |
| 1943 | — | 71 | 71 | #779 |
| 1942 | — | 58 | 58 | #865 |
| 1941 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,083 |
| 1940 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1939 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,006 |
| 1938 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,470 |
| 1937 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,256 |
| 1936 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,352 |
| 1935 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,287 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,908 |
| 1933 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1932 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,901 |
| 1931 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 1930 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,861 |
| 1929 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,166 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1927 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,606 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,241 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,628 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,294 |
| 1918 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,971 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,631 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,528 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,409 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,582 |