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How popular is “Rod” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rod” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rod” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rod” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rod” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rod” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rod” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rod” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 28 0.000013398 28 -100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 -100%
1937 29 0.000013611 29 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 41 0.000018607 41 -100%
1940 34 0.000014765 34 -100%
1941 37 0.000015186 37 -100%
1942 58 0.000021231 58 -100%
1943 71 0.000025154 71 -100%
1944 74 0.000027508 74 -100%
1945 95 0.00003581 95 -100%
1946 171 0.000053516 171 -100%
1947 191 0.000053021 191 -100%
1948 152 0.000044026 152 -100%
1949 107 0.000030705 107 -100%
1950 82 0.000023406 82 -100%
1951 78 0.000021174 78 -100%
1952 93 0.000024487 93 -100%
1953 109 0.000028285 109 -100%
1954 141 0.000035421 141 -100%
1955 156 0.000038854 156 -100%
1956 212 0.000051418 212 -100%
1957 324 0.000077104 324 -100%
1958 349 0.000084424 349 -100%
1959 482 0.000115921 482 -100%
1960 495 0.000119168 495 -100%
1961 419 0.000101152 419 -100%
1962 425 0.000105319 425 -100%
1963 405 0.000102319 405 -100%
1964 367 0.000094403 367 -100%
1965 494 0.000136259 494 -100%
1966 352 0.000101276 352 -100%
1967 335 0.000098678 335 -100%
1968 233 0.000068967 233 -100%
1969 220 0.000063303 220 -100%
1970 193 0.000053514 193 -100%
1971 155 0.000045159 155 -100%
1972 121 0.000038498 121 -100%
1973 82 0.00002718 82 -100%
1974 80 0.000026316 80 -100%
1975 78 0.000025833 78 -100%
1976 58 0.000019115 58 -100%
1977 59 0.000018574 59 -100%
1978 47 0.000014808 47 -100%
1979 50 0.000015029 50 -100%
1980 40 0.000011613 40 -100%
1981 34 0.000009828 34 -100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 -100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 -100%
1984 35 0.000010032 35 -100%
1985 28 0.000007845 28 -100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 -100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 -100%
1988 35 0.000009472 35 -100%
1989 28 0.000007283 28 -100%
1990 36 0.000009108 36 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 -100%
1993 23 0.0000061 23 -100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 -100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%

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