Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rodney” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rodney” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rodney” 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 “Rodney” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rodney” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rodney” 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
1880 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 14 0.000054834 14 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 19 0.000063039 19 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 17 -100%
1898 20 0.000052431 20 -100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 -100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 19 0.00004913 19 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 20 0.000047178 20 -100%
1906 29 0.000067686 29 -100%
1907 17 0.000036529 17 -100%
1908 27 0.000055254 27 -100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 -100%
1910 34 0.000057558 34 -100%
1911 59 0.000091575 59 -100%
1912 88 0.000089063 88 -100%
1913 131 0.000115204 131 -100%
1914 189 0.000133442 189 -100%
1915 235 0.000128245 235 -100%
1916 237 0.000122518 237 -100%
1917 234 0.000116606 234 -100%
1918 258 0.000118833 5 253 -96%
1919 315 0.000149272 315 -100%
1920 353 0.000156012 353 -100%
1921 361 0.000154637 361 -100%
1922 406 0.000177358 6 400 -97%
1923 389 0.000168948 389 -100%
1924 397 0.000166694 397 -100%
1925 452 0.000193717 5 447 -98%
1926 488 0.000212552 6 482 -98%
1927 569 0.000245327 7 562 -98%
1928 596 0.000263607 7 589 -98%
1929 544 0.000248157 5 539 -98%
1930 646 0.000290561 7 639 -98%
1931 718 0.000341192 12 706 -97%
1932 829 0.000392651 829 -100%
1933 783 0.000391608 783 -100%
1934 929 0.000447319 929 -100%
1935 1027 0.000491411 1027 -100%
1936 1016 0.000489031 7 1009 -99%
1937 1026 0.000481539 1026 -100%
1938 1301 0.000588003 1301 -100%
1939 1454 0.000659877 8 1446 -99%
1940 1404 0.000609723 7 1397 -99%
1941 1558 0.000639462 7 1551 -99%
1942 1795 0.000657072 7 1788 -99%
1943 1989 0.00070468 5 1984 -99%
1944 1795 0.000667267 14 1781 -98%
1945 2194 0.000827016 9 2185 -99%
1946 3312 0.00103652 8 3304 -100%
1947 3572 0.000991583 8 3564 -100%
1948 3478 0.001007381 12 3466 -99%
1949 3833 0.001099927 7 3826 -100%
1950 3865 0.001103227 9 3856 -100%
1951 4310 0.001170007 13 4297 -99%
1952 4411 0.001161399 8 4403 -100%
1953 6552 0.001700209 16 6536 -100%
1954 5973 0.001500487 14 5959 -100%
1955 6063 0.001510057 15 6048 -100%
1956 6095 0.001478279 20 6075 -99%
1957 5874 0.001397858 11 5863 -100%
1958 5889 0.001424561 24 5865 -99%
1959 5932 0.00142665 17 5915 -99%
1960 5891 0.001418214 27 5864 -99%
1961 5690 0.001373633 30 5660 -99%
1962 5457 0.001352292 23 5434 -99%
1963 5216 0.001317771 26 5190 -99%
1964 6097 0.001568318 24 6073 -99%
1965 11132 0.003070516 46 11086 -99%
1966 10320 0.002969224 51 10269 -99%
1967 8483 0.00249875 45 8438 -99%
1968 7553 0.002235665 45 7508 -99%
1969 6716 0.001932482 46 6670 -99%
1970 5892 0.001633711 36 5856 -99%
1971 5242 0.001527231 47 5195 -98%
1972 4391 0.001397075 28 4363 -99%
1973 4085 0.001354045 26 4059 -99%
1974 3882 0.001276974 33 3849 -98%
1975 3615 0.00119726 31 3584 -98%
1976 3017 0.000994298 33 2984 -98%
1977 2732 0.000860068 29 2703 -98%
1978 2574 0.000810997 19 2555 -99%
1979 2316 0.000696123 17 2299 -99%
1980 2291 0.000665117 25 2266 -98%
1981 2055 0.000594038 26 2029 -97%
1982 1957 0.000557874 11 1946 -99%
1983 1713 0.000494609 19 1694 -98%
1984 1645 0.000471515 19 1626 -98%
1985 1639 0.000459218 18 1621 -98%
1986 1646 0.000462739 17 1629 -98%
1987 1610 0.000446526 14 1596 -98%
1988 1740 0.000470901 10 1730 -99%
1989 1749 0.000454942 12 1737 -99%
1990 1717 0.000434411 7 1710 -99%
1991 1566 0.000402027 6 1560 -99%
1992 1485 0.000386591 8 1477 -99%
1993 1309 0.000347189 1309 -100%
1994 1189 0.000319825 6 1183 -99%
1995 1099 0.000300097 1099 -100%
1996 1055 0.000289263 1055 -100%
1997 995 0.000274426 995 -100%
1998 866 0.000235441 866 -100%
1999 868 0.000234984 868 -100%
2000 808 0.000213762 9 799 -98%
2001 740 0.000197682 740 -100%
2002 714 0.000190996 714 -100%
2003 688 0.000180942 688 -100%
2004 602 0.000157554 602 -100%
2005 579 0.000150591 579 -100%
2006 606 0.000153178 606 -100%
2007 639 0.000159843 639 -100%
2008 545 0.000138653 545 -100%
2009 554 0.00014502 554 -100%
2010 460 0.000124468 460 -100%
2011 461 0.000126032 461 -100%
2012 430 0.000117571 430 -100%
2013 392 0.000107525 392 -100%
2014 357 0.000096321 357 -100%
2015 347 0.000093761 347 -100%
2016 341 0.000092949 341 -100%
2017 301 0.000084168 301 -100%
2018 273 0.000077647 273 -100%
2019 262 0.000075484 262 -100%
2020 262 0.00007843 262 -100%
2021 234 0.000069068 234 -100%
2022 228 0.000067393 228 -100%
2023 183 0.000055267 183 -100%
2024 200 0.000060087 200 -100%

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