Roderic
Boy · ROD-er-ik · Germanic
Roderic is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Roderic mean?
Germanic: spelling of Roderick
“famous ruler”
Roderic was the last Visigothic king of Spain, defeated by Moorish forces in 711.
- Say it
- ROD-er-ik
Is Roderic a girl's or a boy's name?
Roderic is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roderic in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Roderic, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1965, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Roderic in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roderic in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,373 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,177 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,042 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,047 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,102 |
| 1966 | 56 | #968 |
| 1965 | 68 | #890 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | 58 | #993 |
| 1962 | 59 | #995 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,226 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,459 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,354 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,528 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Nicknames for Roderic
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