Rod is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1960 and has since faded.
Rod is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Rod was first reported in SSA data in 1910 and peaked in 1960 (496 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #10,583 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | #10,568 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | #7,506 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #11,808 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #13,653 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | #8,628 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #9,526 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | #10,546 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #11,893 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #14,073 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | #10,786 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | #6,538 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | #6,824 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | #8,756 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #4,992 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #6,434 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #5,610 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #4,346 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | #4,496 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #4,161 |
| 1997 | 23 | — | #3,245 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #4,349 |
| 1995 | 26 | — | #2,833 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #2,925 |
| 1993 | 23 | — | #3,016 |
| 1992 | 31 | — | #2,400 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | #3,601 |
| 1990 | 36 | — | #2,077 |
| 1989 | 28 | — | #2,400 |
| 1988 | 35 | — | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #2,260 |
| 1986 | 29 | — | #2,047 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | #2,057 |
| 1984 | 35 | — | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 35 | — | #1,681 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #2,100 |
| 1981 | 34 | — | #1,720 |
| 1980 | 40 | — | #1,540 |
| 1979 | 50 | — | #1,314 |
| 1978 | 47 | — | #1,347 |
| 1977 | 59 | — | #1,138 |
| 1976 | 58 | — | #1,120 |
| 1975 | 78 | — | #931 |
| 1974 | 80 | — | #910 |
| 1973 | 82 | — | #883 |
| 1972 | 121 | — | #726 |
| 1971 | 155 | — | #663 |
| 1970 | 193 | — | #581 |
| 1969 | 220 | — | #530 |
| 1968 | 233 | — | #496 |
| 1967 | 335 | — | #418 |
| 1966 | 352 | — | #402 |
| 1965 | 494 | — | #344 |
| 1964 | 367 | — | #423 |
| 1963 | 405 | — | #401 |
| 1962 | 425 | — | #393 |
| 1961 | 419 | — | #390 |
| 1960 | 496 | — | #350 |
| 1959 | 481 | — | #358 |
| 1958 | 349 | — | #420 |
| 1957 | 324 | — | #432 |
| 1956 | 212 | — | #519 |
| 1955 | 156 | — | #588 |
| 1954 | 141 | — | #623 |
| 1953 | 109 | — | #685 |
| 1952 | 93 | — | #732 |
| 1951 | 78 | — | #801 |
| 1950 | 82 | — | #759 |
| 1949 | 107 | — | #667 |
| 1948 | 152 | — | #539 |
| 1947 | 191 | — | #486 |
| 1946 | 171 | — | #493 |
| 1945 | 95 | — | #623 |
| 1944 | 74 | — | #728 |
| 1943 | 71 | — | #777 |
| 1942 | 58 | — | #865 |
| 1941 | 37 | — | #1,088 |
| 1940 | 34 | — | #1,153 |
| 1939 | 41 | — | #1,004 |
| 1938 | 22 | — | #1,468 |
| 1937 | 29 | — | #1,262 |
| 1936 | 25 | — | #1,352 |
| 1935 | 28 | — | #1,291 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #1,915 |
| 1933 | 27 | — | #1,303 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #1,907 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 17 | — | #1,880 |
| 1929 | 14 | — | #2,177 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | #2,033 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | #2,674 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,347 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,409 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,805 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,437 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,062 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #3,814 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #3,753 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,661 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,555 |