Masculine dossier · first seen 1910

Rod

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rod
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1960

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

495

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1910Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

8,744

Rod is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 495 boys were named Rod.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 8,744 Americans have been named Rod and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1960

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