Rody
Boy · ROD-ee · Germanic
Rody is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Rody mean?
Germanic: spelling of Roddy; 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
Meaning borrowed from Roddy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Rody a girl's or a boy's name?
Rody is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rody in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Rody, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1960, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Rody in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rody in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
Names like Rody
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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