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Roderick

Gender
Boy
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,743 for boys

Roderick is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,743rd for boys in the US (93 babies).

What does Roderick mean?

Germanic

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Roderick a girl's or a boy's name?

Roderick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 93 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Roderick in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Roderick, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 24 boys.

Half of all the boys named Roderick in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 24 in 19962025
Roderick in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20246#3,335
20233#5,193
202212#1,999
202110#2,257
20205#3,502
20192#6,181
20188#2,576
201713#1,922
20164#4,214
20157#2,855
20148#2,593
20134#4,008
20129#2,382
20118#2,503
201010#2,141
200911#1,959
20082#5,878
200711#1,848
200610#1,845
200510#1,814
20044#3,147
20038#1,880
20026#2,106
20019#1,547
200014#1,113
199913#1,142
199814#1,062
199713#1,111
199624#697

How popular is Roderick in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,743among boys
Babies in 2025
93about 1 in 18,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 93 boys in the US were named Roderick, making it the 1,743rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,609th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 1,057 boys.

Half of all the boys named Roderick in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,057 in 19712025
Roderick in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202593#1,743
202483#1,902
202382#1,909
2022103#1,665
202196#1,700
2020100#1,609
2019134#1,340
2018132#1,352
2017160#1,170
2016199#1,016
2015185#1,070
2014178#1,082
2013178#1,058
2012204#979
2011220#915
2010206#961
2009229#900
2008217#936
2007255#837
2006292#732
2005249#783
2004265#720
2003240#744
2002305#637
2001288#648
2000310#613
1999331#587
1998290#627
1997356#550
1996361#535
1995399#512
1994439#485
1993489#447
1992511#432
1991540#418
1990599#387
1989610#367
1988568#360
1987597#338
1986631#321
1985668#308
1984629#311
1983682#294
1982740#279
1981742#279
1980758#278
1979746#275
1978691#280
1977760#260
1976783#253
1975796#252
1974879#235
1973909#231
1972940#229
19711,057#223
19701,037#228
1969981#234
1968997#227
19671,008#221
1966961#225
1965997#231
19641,026#234
1963989#243
1962933#252
1961900#259
1960846#276
1959806#279
1958700#289
1957766#274
1956682#282
1955646#282
1954572#299
1953632#277
1952546#304
1951466#320
1950475#314
1949401#336
1948364#351
1947368#356
1946302#375
1945248#377
1944234#398
1943222#414
1942202#434
1941160#470
1940162#457
1939189#414
1938191#410
1937188#414
1936180#409
1935151#461
1934170#430
1933166#426
1932140#484
1931156#449
1930153#480
1929177#447
1928182#443
1927178#459
1926174#456
1925148#500
1924140#532
1923131#531
1922137#535
1921106#616
1920105#615
191976#730
191890#647
191796#607
191682#647
191584#632
191465#629
191374#503
191246#599
191117#792
191014#822
190911#893
190813#744
19079#929
190612#709
19055#1,232
19049#810
190314#595
19028#861
19018#778
190013#698
18996#927
189812#634
18979#725
18969#778
18950–
189410#667
18936#906
18927#860
189115#456
18908#739
18899#673
18887#815
188713#488
18865#959
18858#700
18845#971
18830–
18826#836
18810–
18807#745

Names like Roderick

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Roderick

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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, “Roderick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roderick, updated 20 October 2026.