NameTides

Rodney

Rodney was the #1,091 boys' name in the US in 2025 (197 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Rodney as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Rodney as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Rodney as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,091 (197)#2,269 (10)——#1,642 (13)—
2024#1,076 (202)#2,672 (8)——#2,062 (9)—
2023#1,144 (183)#1,907 (12)——#2,614 (6)—
2022#990 (228)#2,321 (9)——#1,237 (17)—
2021#957 (234)#2,125 (10)——#1,898 (9)—
2020#863 (262)#2,682 (7)——#2,746 (5)—
2019#853 (262)#3,937 (4)——#1,375 (14)—
2018#820 (273)#3,011 (6)——#1,471 (12)—
2017#777 (301)#2,734 (7)——#2,439 (6)—
2016#717 (341)#2,175 (10)——#1,198 (17)—
2015#714 (347)#3,373 (5)——#1,319 (14)—
2014#696 (357)———#1,565 (11)—
2013#627 (392)———#1,654 (10)—
2012#593 (430)#4,805 (3)——#1,257 (15)—
2011#553 (461)#2,613 (7)——#1,211 (16)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1965 at #33.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,700 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 8,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rodney is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,100 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rodney 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: #999MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: 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: #949INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: 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: #842TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Rodney (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
RodneyCanadaBoys#1,64213
RodneyEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
RodneyIrelandBoys—too few
RodneyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RodneyNSWBoys—too few
RodneyScotlandBoys—too few
RodneyUSGirls—too few
RodneyUSBoys#1,091197