Rod
Boy · ROD · English
Rod is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rod mean?
English: short form of Roderick or Rodney
Rod Serling created and hosted the classic TV series The Twilight Zone.
- Say it
- ROD
Is Rod a girl's or a boy's name?
Rod is a boys' name.
How popular is Rod in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 496 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Rod in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rod in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,111 |
| 1975 | 78 | #925 |
| 1974 | 80 | #903 |
| 1973 | 82 | #879 |
| 1972 | 121 | #724 |
| 1971 | 155 | #661 |
| 1970 | 193 | #580 |
| 1969 | 220 | #530 |
| 1968 | 233 | #496 |
| 1967 | 335 | #417 |
| 1966 | 352 | #401 |
| 1965 | 494 | #344 |
| 1964 | 367 | #423 |
| 1963 | 405 | #401 |
| 1962 | 425 | #393 |
| 1961 | 419 | #390 |
| 1960 | 496 | #350 |
| 1959 | 481 | #357 |
| 1958 | 349 | #420 |
| 1957 | 324 | #429 |
| 1956 | 212 | #518 |
| 1955 | 156 | #587 |
| 1954 | 141 | #620 |
| 1953 | 109 | #682 |
| 1952 | 93 | #728 |
| 1951 | 78 | #798 |
| 1950 | 82 | #757 |
| 1949 | 107 | #663 |
| 1948 | 152 | #537 |
| 1947 | 191 | #485 |
| 1946 | 171 | #492 |
| 1945 | 95 | #622 |
| 1944 | 74 | #720 |
| 1943 | 71 | #773 |
| 1942 | 58 | #859 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1939 | 41 | #992 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,273 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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