Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Rodney

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

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1965

Peak rank proxy

11,086

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19652024

Peak year

1965

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

200

All-time

246,952

Rodney once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1965, when 11,086 boys were named Rodney.

In 2024, only 200 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 246,952 Americans have been named Rodney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

196511,086 boys named Rodney

2024200 boys named Rodney

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