Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rodney

#158 most common boys' name of all time · #326 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#158
Rank overall
#326 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
248,325
Since 2016
2,483
Peak year
1965 #33
Best rank
#33 1965
Girls Boys peak 11,132/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Rodney is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 197 197 #1,092
2024 — 202 202 #1,078
2023 — 183 183 #1,144
2022 — 228 228 #990
2021 — 234 234 #957
2020 — 262 262 #863
2019 — 262 262 #853
2018 — 273 273 #820
2017 — 301 301 #778
2016 — 341 341 #718
2015 — 347 347 #714
2014 — 357 357 #696
2013 — 392 392 #627
2012 — 430 430 #594
2011 — 461 461 #553
2010 — 460 460 #549
2009 — 554 554 #493
2008 — 545 545 #503
2007 — 639 639 #438
2006 — 606 606 #447
2005 — 579 579 #447
2004 — 602 602 #432
2003 — 688 688 #378
2002 — 714 714 #369
2001 — 740 740 #358
2000 9 799 808 #342
1999 — 868 868 #321
1998 — 866 866 #319
1997 — 995 995 #280
1996 — 1,055 1,055 #267
1995 — 1,099 1,099 #256
1994 6 1,183 1,189 #244
1993 — 1,309 1,309 #225
1992 8 1,477 1,485 #210
1991 6 1,560 1,566 #198
1990 7 1,710 1,717 #181
1989 12 1,737 1,749 #177
1988 10 1,730 1,740 #162
1987 14 1,596 1,610 #171
1986 17 1,629 1,646 #166
1985 18 1,621 1,639 #168
1984 19 1,626 1,645 #165
1983 19 1,692 1,711 #161
1982 11 1,947 1,958 #145
1981 26 2,028 2,054 #135
1980 25 2,266 2,291 #121
1979 17 2,300 2,317 #117
1978 19 2,554 2,573 #102
1977 29 2,703 2,732 #97
1976 33 2,984 3,017 #88
1975 31 3,583 3,614 #76
1974 33 3,849 3,882 #72
1973 26 4,059 4,085 #68
1972 28 4,363 4,391 #65
1971 47 5,195 5,242 #59
1970 36 5,856 5,892 #55
1969 46 6,669 6,715 #49
1968 45 7,505 7,550 #42
1967 45 8,440 8,485 #37
1966 51 10,268 10,319 #35
1965 46 11,086 11,132 #33
1964 24 6,073 6,097 #59
1963 26 5,193 5,219 #76
1962 23 5,435 5,458 #76
1961 30 5,660 5,690 #72
1960 27 5,865 5,892 #68
1959 17 5,917 5,934 #67
1958 24 5,865 5,889 #65
1957 11 5,862 5,873 #70
1956 20 6,076 6,096 #65
1955 15 6,047 6,062 #65
1954 14 5,959 5,973 #66
1953 16 6,536 6,552 #58
1952 8 4,403 4,411 #84
1951 13 4,296 4,309 #84
1950 9 3,856 3,865 #88
1949 7 3,826 3,833 #87
1948 12 3,466 3,478 #92
1947 8 3,564 3,572 #94
1946 8 3,304 3,312 #93
1945 9 2,185 2,194 #105
1944 14 1,781 1,795 #123
1943 5 1,984 1,989 #118
1942 7 1,788 1,795 #121
1941 7 1,551 1,558 #127
1940 7 1,397 1,404 #133
1939 8 1,446 1,454 #122
1938 — 1,302 1,302 #133
1937 — 1,025 1,025 #151
1936 7 1,009 1,016 #152
1935 — 1,027 1,027 #149
1934 — 929 929 #160
1933 — 783 783 #173
1932 — 829 829 #172
1931 12 706 718 #187
1930 7 639 646 #208
1929 5 539 544 #233
1928 7 589 596 #223
1927 7 562 569 #236
1926 6 482 488 #256
1925 5 447 452 #271
1924 — 397 397 #290
1923 — 389 389 #286
1922 6 400 406 #278
1921 — 361 361 #297
1920 — 353 353 #304
1919 — 315 315 #312
1918 5 253 258 #368
1917 — 234 234 #363
1916 — 237 237 #350
1915 — 235 235 #349
1914 — 189 189 #337
1913 — 131 131 #364
1912 — 88 88 #417
1911 — 59 59 #362
1910 — 34 34 #476
1909 — 25 25 #526
1908 — 27 27 #481
1907 — 17 17 #623
1906 — 29 29 #405
1905 — 20 20 #513
1904 — 13 13 #660
1903 — 13 13 #636
1902 — 19 19 #498
1901 — 10 10 #702
1900 — 21 21 #525
1899 — 18 18 #451
1898 — 20 20 #465
1897 — 17 17 #487
1896 — 14 14 #569
1895 — 19 19 #467
1894 — 9 9 #746
1893 — 19 19 #428
1892 — 16 16 #512
1891 — 11 11 #580
1890 — 19 19 #421
1889 — 9 9 #686
1888 — 12 12 #593
1887 — 9 9 #646
1886 — 14 14 #500
1885 — 13 13 #533
1884 — 13 13 #531
1883 — 11 11 #571
1882 — 12 12 #558
1881 — 6 6 #794
1880 — 13 13 #520