How Many People Are Named Roderick?
people named Roderick are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,222 people in the US has this name
Based on 47,446 babies named Roderick in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,067 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "famous power" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ric "power". This name was in use among the Visigoths; it was borne by their last king (also known as Rodrigo), who died fighting the Muslim invaders of Spain in the 8th century. It also had cognates in Old Norse and West Germanic, and Scandinavian settlers and Normans introduced it to England, though it died out after the Middle Ages. It was revived in the English-speaking world by Sir Walter Scott's poem 'The Vision of Don Roderick' (1811).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Roderick, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Roderick alive today is about 48 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Roderick first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1971, to 1,067 babies. In 2025, 93 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Roderick has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #221, in 1967. In 2025 it ranked #1,752.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,752 |
| Best rank | #221 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #246 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Roderick alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Roderick were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,778 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Roderick was given 4.8 times as often in Alabama, 3.5 times in Mississippi and 3 times in Louisiana.
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