Roderick

Roderick was the #1,743 boys' name in the US in 2025 (93 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Roderick as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Roderick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Roderick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,743 (93)#3,684 (5)——#2,527 (7)
2024#1,902 (83)#5,120 (3)#727 (3)—#2,238 (8)
2023#1,909 (82)—#728 (3)—#2,921 (5)
2022#1,665 (103)#2,756 (7)#522 (5)—#1,557 (12)
2021#1,700 (96)#2,493 (8)——#1,230 (17)
2020#1,609 (100)#4,608 (3)——#1,838 (9)
2019#1,340 (134)————
2018#1,352 (132)#3,959 (4)#595 (4)—#1,334 (14)
2017#1,170 (160)#2,172 (10)#733 (3)—#1,246 (16)
2016#1,016 (199)#4,810 (3)——#1,198 (17)
2015#1,070 (185)#4,747 (3)#588 (4)—#1,577 (11)
2014#1,082 (178)#4,632 (3)#533 (5)—#1,465 (12)
2013#1,058 (178)—#590 (4)—#1,109 (18)
2012#979 (204)#3,987 (4)#500 (5)—#1,466 (12)
2011#915 (220)#2,892 (6)——#1,268 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1971 at #223.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Roderick is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Roderick by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Roderick (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RoderickCanadaBoys#2,5277
RoderickEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
RoderickIrelandBoys—too few
RoderickNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RoderickScotlandBoys—too few
RoderickUSGirls—too few
RoderickUSBoys#1,74393