Rod

Boy · recorded 1910–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1965best year

Most popular in 1965.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rod.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1910

013326619101938196719952023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 101 recorded years as a table
Rod, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191031
19148
19157
19167
19189
19208
19216
19237
19257
192710
192814
192913
193015
193112
193215
193327
193415
193527
193624
193727
193820
193937
194029
194130
194242
194350
194454
194571
1946105
1947104
194887
194960
195046
195141
195248
195355
195469
195576
1956100
1957150
1958164
1959225
1960233
1961197
1962205
1963199
1964184
1965266
1966197
1967192
1968134
1969123
1970104
197188
197275
197353
197451
197550
197637
197736
197829
197929
198022
198119
198214
198320
198419
198515
198616
198714
198818
198914
199018
19918
199216
199312
199413
199514
19968
199712
19989
19998
20009
20017
20026
20038
20044
20055
20066
20076
20083
20093
20103
20114
20124
20135
20143
20153
20166
20214
20234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rod 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 2023
7
Rank in 2023
#9,763
How rare
1 in 244,367 boys
Since 1910
8,744

Rod was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1965, at 266 per million boys born.

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

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