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.

Rody

#8,408 most common boys' name of all time · #21,231 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among boys
#8,408
Rank overall
#21,231 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
387
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1960 #2,274
Best rank
#2,274 1960
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rody first appears in 1916. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,999
2024 — 6 6 #11,055
2023 — 5 5 #12,418
2022 — 10 10 #7,831
2021 — 6 6 #10,931
2019 — 7 7 #9,865
2017 — 6 6 #10,938
2016 — 7 7 #9,772
2014 — 8 8 #8,881
2012 — 5 5 #12,422
2011 — 7 7 #9,725
2010 — 7 7 #9,806
2008 — 10 10 #7,787
2007 — 7 7 #9,912
2006 — 12 12 #6,522
2005 — 6 6 #10,280
2004 — 5 5 #11,521
2003 — 6 6 #9,725
2002 — 7 7 #8,571
2001 — 6 6 #9,383
2000 — 6 6 #9,263
1998 — 8 8 #6,944
1996 — 6 6 #8,112
1993 — 8 8 #6,330
1992 — 10 10 #5,311
1991 — 6 6 #7,423
1990 — 11 11 #4,741
1987 — 6 6 #6,267
1986 — 5 5 #6,951
1985 — 8 8 #4,813
1984 — 5 5 #6,517
1983 — 6 6 #5,684
1980 — 6 6 #5,708
1977 — 5 5 #6,084
1976 — 8 8 #4,128
1975 — 7 7 #4,454
1972 — 8 8 #3,749
1970 — 5 5 #4,973
1968 — 7 7 #3,505
1966 — 6 6 #3,730
1963 — 6 6 #3,849
1962 — 6 6 #3,830
1961 — 11 11 #2,635
1960 — 14 14 #2,274
1959 — 6 6 #3,817
1958 — 7 7 #3,441
1957 — 6 6 #3,798
1956 — 5 5 #4,183
1954 — 8 8 #3,097
1953 — 6 6 #3,643
1947 — 8 8 #3,041
1942 — 6 6 #3,455
1939 — 5 5 #3,799
1918 — 7 7 #3,662
1916 — 8 8 #3,172