Rodney

Girl · recorded 1918–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1966best year

Most popular in 1966.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

0153019181939195919802000

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 66 recorded years as a table
Rodney, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19184
19225
19254
19265
19276
19286
19294
19306
193111
19367
19397
19406
19416
19425
19434
194411
19457
19465
19475
19487
19494
19505
19517
19524
19539
19547
19558
195610
19575
195812
19598
196013
196115
196212
196313
196413
196526
196630
196727
196827
196927
197021
197128
197218
197318
197422
197521
197623
197719
197812
197911
198015
198116
19826
198311
198411
198510
198610
19878
19886
19897
19904
19913
19924
19943
20005

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rodney isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
9
Rank in 2000
#9,874
How rare
1 in 201,781 girls
Since 1918
1,175

Rodney was last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1966, at 30 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rodney doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.