How Many People Are Named Rod?
people named Rod are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,541 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,744 babies named Rod in Social Security records from 1910 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
496 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of RODERICK or RODNEY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rod in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rod alive today is about 60 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rod first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1960, to 496 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Rod has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #344, in 1965.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #344 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #409 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rod alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rod were born in California than in any other state: about 1,089 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rod was given 4.7 times as often in Washington, 4.6 times in Oregon and 3 times in Idaho.
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