How popular is the name Rod?

Rod ranks 1,098th among boys' names in US records, with 9,711 births since 1910. Over the past decade it accounts for 145.

Is Rod a unisex name?

No. Rod is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1960, when 517 children were given the name. It has been in use for 115 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Rodd, Raad. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,098 of boy names

Pronounced R AA1 D (ARPABET)

Rod is a boys' name, and first appears in 1910. It has been given to 9,711 children — the 1,098th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 145 births across the past decade, against a peak of 517 in a single year. That peak was in 1960.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Rodd and Raad — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Rod and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Rod?: Rod ranks 1,098th among boys' names in US records, with 9,711 births since 1910. Over the past decade it accounts for 145.
Is Rod a unisex name?: No. Rod is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Rod most popular?: 1960, when 517 children were given the name. It has been in use for 115 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Rod spelled?: Rodd, Raad. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.