Rhodes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROHDZ
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #936 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #575 for boys
Rhodes is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clearings”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 575th for boys in the US (511 babies).
What does Rhodes mean?
English: surname from Old English rod, a clearing; also the Greek island
“clearings”
As a surname it comes from Old English rod, a woodland clearing; Rhodes is also the Greek island famed for its ancient Colossus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rhodes a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhodes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 36 boys in the UK and 46 girls and 511 boys in the US.
How popular is Rhodes in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Rhodes, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. 4 girls were also named Rhodes in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Rhodes of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Rhodes in the UK since 1996 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 873rd in England and Wales.
Rhodes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
How popular is Rhodes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #575among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 511about 1 in 3,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 328% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 511 boys in the US were named Rhodes, making it the 575th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,390th. It first appears in the records in 1915. 46 girls were also named Rhodes in 2025 (3,341st for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most boys named Rhodes of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Rhodes in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rhodes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 511 | #575 |
| 2024 | 465 | #613 |
| 2023 | 376 | #706 |
| 2022 | 250 | #923 |
| 2021 | 206 | #1,043 |
| 2020 | 125 | #1,390 |
| 2019 | 107 | #1,564 |
| 2018 | 84 | #1,808 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Names like Rhodes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rhodes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhodes, updated 20 October 2026.