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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rod

Rod was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 344th; the most babies were born in 1960 (496). More babies were named Rod in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1960496 babies
Total since 1880
8,744babies recorded

Rod popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010#11,8936
2000#4,34618
1990#2,07736
1980#1,54040
1970#581193
1960#350496
1950#75982
1940#1,15334
1930#1,88017
1920#3,4378
1910#1,5556
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Rod, counting every spelling?

Rod is a spelling of Raad, a name family that had 31 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 31 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Raad17#5,55571
Radd14#6,35931

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Rod?

About 6,400 people born in the US named Rod are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 57 and 67. That makes Rod a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Rod by state

How common Rod was among boys born in each state in 1958–1962, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Montana (4.7×), Idaho (4.4×), Oregon (4.1×), Washington (3.8×), Utah (3.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesWI0.20Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.77 per 1,000 babiesWA0.77Idaho: 0.90 per 1,000 babiesID0.90Montana: 0.97 per 1,000 babiesMT0.97North Dakota: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesND0.14Minnesota: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesMN0.26Illinois: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIL0.16Michigan: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesMI0.30New York: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNY0.08Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.84 per 1,000 babiesOR0.84Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: 0.66 per 1,000 babiesWY0.66South Dakota: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesSD0.38Iowa: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesIA0.49Indiana: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesIN0.38Ohio: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesOH0.25Pennsylvania: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesPA0.10New Jersey: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.09Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesCA0.43Utah: 0.63 per 1,000 babiesUT0.63Colorado: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesCO0.53Nebraska: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesNE0.52Missouri: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMO0.16Kentucky: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesKY0.03West Virginia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWV0.05Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.09New Mexico: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNM0.17Kansas: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesKS0.34Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTN0.06North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesOK0.33Louisiana: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesLA0.14Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesHI0.27Texas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesTX0.11Florida: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesFL0.14
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Rod, boys, 1958–1962. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Rod: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rod, they share its era and feel.

Rod is also a nickname for Rodrigo, Rodney and Roderick.

Questions about the name Rod

How popular is the name Rod?

Rod was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 344th; the most babies were born in 1960 (496). More babies were named Rod in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Rod a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rod in the US.

Where was Rod most popular?

In 1958–1962, Rod was most common in Montana (0.97 per 1,000 boys), followed by Idaho and Oregon.