Rod

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Rod first appears in the U.S. data in 1910 and has been recorded in 101 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 495 babies (rank #350 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
8,744
Total babies (all years)
101
Years in the data
495
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19106#1,555
19145#3,661
19156#3,753
19166#3,815
19189#3,062
19208#3,437
19217#3,805
19238#3,409
19258#3,347
192711#2,674
192816#2,033
192914#2,177
193017#1,880
193112#2,306
193216#1,907
193327#1,303
193415#1,915
193528#1,291
193625#1,352
193729#1,262
193822#1,468
193941#1,004
194034#1,153
194137#1,088
194258#865
194371#777
194474#728
194595#623
1946171#493
1947191#486
1948152#539
1949107#667
195082#759
195178#801
195293#732
1953109#685
1954141#623
1955156#588
1956212#519
1957324#432
1958349#420
1959482#356
1960495#350
1961419#390
1962425#393
1963405#401
1964367#423
1965494#344
1966352#402
1967335#418
1968233#496
1969220#530
1970193#581
1971155#663
1972121#726
197382#883
197480#910
197578#931
197658#1,120
197759#1,138
197847#1,347
197950#1,314
198040#1,540
198134#1,720
198226#2,100
198335#1,681
198435#1,684
198528#2,057
198629#2,047
198726#2,260
198835#1,903
198928#2,400
199036#2,076
199117#3,600
199231#2,400
199323#3,016
199425#2,925
199526#2,833
199615#4,349
199723#3,245
199817#4,161
199916#4,496
200018#4,346
200113#5,610
200211#6,433
200316#4,992
20048#8,755
200510#7,540
200612#6,823
200713#6,535
20087#10,786
20095#14,069
20106#11,892
20117#10,545
20128#9,525
20139#8,628
20145#13,649
20156#11,806
201611#7,503
20217#10,562
20237#10,573