Roddy
Boy · ROD-ee · Germanic
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Roddy is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Roddy mean?
Germanic: pet form of Roderick
“famous ruler”
A pet form of Roderick, which in Scotland and Ireland is also used for the Gaelic Ruairidh and Ruaidhrí.
- Say it
- ROD-ee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Roddy a girl's or a boy's name?
Roddy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roddy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Roddy, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Roddy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 367th in Scotland.
Roddy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Roddy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Roddy, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 86 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had more boys named Roddy than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Roddy in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roddy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,704 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 67 | #897 |
| 1964 | 64 | #952 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,027 |
| 1961 | 85 | #832 |
| 1960 | 86 | #820 |
| 1959 | 85 | #824 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,221 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,090 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,045 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1950 | 60 | #884 |
| 1949 | 49 | #996 |
| 1948 | 68 | #823 |
| 1947 | 64 | #869 |
| 1946 | 78 | #746 |
| 1945 | 52 | #864 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 46 | #986 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,300 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,225 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
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