Rodney was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #33 in 1965 but is far less common today.
Rodney is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,093 for boy births in the United States (and #2,239 across all names), given to 197 babies. Rodney first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1965 (11,086 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | 197 | — | #1,093 |
| 2024 | 202 | 202 | — | #1,080 |
| 2023 | 183 | 183 | — | #1,148 |
| 2022 | 228 | 228 | — | #990 |
| 2021 | 234 | 234 | — | #962 |
| 2020 | 262 | 262 | — | #864 |
| 2019 | 262 | 262 | — | #854 |
| 2018 | 273 | 273 | — | #821 |
| 2017 | 301 | 301 | — | #782 |
| 2016 | 341 | 341 | — | #719 |
| 2015 | 347 | 347 | — | #716 |
| 2014 | 357 | 357 | — | #697 |
| 2013 | 392 | 392 | — | #629 |
| 2012 | 430 | 430 | — | #594 |
| 2011 | 461 | 461 | — | #554 |
| 2010 | 460 | 460 | — | #549 |
| 2009 | 554 | 554 | — | #494 |
| 2008 | 545 | 550 | — | #503 |
| 2007 | 639 | 639 | — | #438 |
| 2006 | 606 | 606 | — | #447 |
| 2005 | 579 | 579 | — | #447 |
| 2004 | 602 | 616 | — | #432 |
| 2003 | 688 | 697 | — | #379 |
| 2002 | 714 | 724 | — | #370 |
| 2001 | 740 | 749 | — | #358 |
| 2000 | 808 | 815 | #10,556 | #342 |
| 1999 | 868 | 877 | — | #321 |
| 1998 | 866 | 884 | — | #319 |
| 1997 | 995 | — | — | #280 |
| 1996 | 1,055 | — | — | #267 |
| 1995 | 1,099 | — | — | #256 |
| 1994 | 1,189 | — | #13,044 | #244 |
| 1993 | 1,309 | — | — | #225 |
| 1992 | 1,485 | — | #10,246 | #210 |
| 1991 | 1,566 | — | #12,728 | #198 |
| 1990 | 1,717 | — | #11,098 | #181 |
| 1989 | 1,749 | — | #6,856 | #177 |
| 1988 | 1,740 | — | #7,548 | #162 |
| 1987 | 1,610 | — | #5,545 | #171 |
| 1986 | 1,646 | — | #4,686 | #166 |
| 1985 | 1,639 | — | #4,412 | #168 |
| 1984 | 1,645 | — | #4,129 | #165 |
| 1983 | 1,711 | — | #4,077 | #161 |
| 1982 | 1,958 | — | #6,256 | #145 |
| 1981 | 2,054 | — | #3,318 | #135 |
| 1980 | 2,291 | — | #3,394 | #121 |
| 1979 | 2,317 | — | #4,375 | #117 |
| 1978 | 2,573 | — | #3,884 | #102 |
| 1977 | 2,732 | — | #2,825 | #97 |
| 1976 | 3,017 | — | #2,470 | #88 |
| 1975 | 3,614 | — | #2,554 | #76 |
| 1974 | 3,882 | — | #2,381 | #72 |
| 1973 | 4,085 | — | #2,727 | #68 |
| 1972 | 4,391 | — | #2,572 | #65 |
| 1971 | 5,242 | — | #1,871 | #59 |
| 1970 | 5,892 | — | #2,232 | #55 |
| 1969 | 6,715 | — | #1,828 | #49 |
| 1968 | 7,550 | — | #1,771 | #42 |
| 1967 | 8,485 | — | #1,720 | #37 |
| 1966 | 10,319 | — | #1,583 | #35 |
| 1965 | 11,132 | — | #1,665 | #33 |
| 1964 | 6,097 | — | #2,592 | #59 |
| 1963 | 5,219 | — | #2,409 | #76 |
| 1962 | 5,458 | — | #2,587 | #76 |
| 1961 | 5,690 | — | #2,189 | #72 |
| 1960 | 5,892 | — | #2,288 | #68 |
| 1959 | 5,934 | — | #2,959 | #67 |
| 1958 | 5,889 | — | #2,367 | #65 |
| 1957 | 5,873 | — | #3,881 | #70 |
| 1956 | 6,096 | — | #2,605 | #65 |
| 1955 | 6,062 | — | #3,069 | #65 |
| 1954 | 5,973 | — | #3,129 | #66 |
| 1953 | 6,552 | — | #2,791 | #58 |
| 1952 | 4,411 | — | #4,403 | #84 |
| 1951 | 4,309 | — | #3,075 | #84 |
| 1950 | 3,865 | — | #3,904 | #88 |
| 1949 | 3,833 | — | #4,574 | #87 |
| 1948 | 3,478 | — | #3,105 | #92 |
| 1947 | 3,572 | — | #4,271 | #94 |
| 1946 | 3,312 | — | #3,927 | #93 |
| 1945 | 2,194 | — | #3,343 | #105 |
| 1944 | 1,795 | — | #2,490 | #123 |
| 1943 | 1,989 | — | #5,241 | #118 |
| 1942 | 1,795 | — | #4,047 | #121 |
| 1941 | 1,558 | — | #3,883 | #127 |
| 1940 | 1,404 | — | #3,792 | #133 |
| 1939 | 1,454 | — | #3,364 | #122 |
| 1938 | 1,302 | — | — | #133 |
| 1937 | 1,025 | — | — | #151 |
| 1936 | 1,016 | — | #3,648 | #152 |
| 1935 | 1,027 | — | — | #149 |
| 1934 | 929 | — | — | #160 |
| 1933 | 783 | — | — | #173 |
| 1932 | 829 | — | — | #172 |
| 1931 | 718 | — | #2,555 | #187 |
| 1930 | 646 | — | #3,983 | #208 |
| 1929 | 544 | — | #5,160 | #233 |
| 1928 | 596 | — | #4,116 | #223 |
| 1927 | 569 | — | #4,207 | #236 |
| 1926 | 488 | — | #4,749 | #256 |
| 1925 | 452 | — | #5,633 | #271 |
| 1924 | 397 | — | — | #290 |
| 1923 | 389 | — | — | #286 |
| 1922 | 406 | — | #4,917 | #278 |
| 1921 | 361 | — | — | #298 |
| 1920 | 353 | — | — | #304 |
| 1919 | 315 | — | — | #313 |
| 1918 | 258 | — | #5,452 | #369 |
| 1917 | 234 | — | — | #363 |
| 1916 | 237 | — | — | #350 |
| 1915 | 235 | — | — | #349 |
| 1914 | 189 | — | — | #337 |
| 1913 | 131 | — | — | #365 |
| 1912 | 88 | — | — | #417 |
| 1911 | 59 | — | — | #360 |
| 1910 | 34 | — | — | #477 |
| 1909 | 25 | — | — | #529 |
| 1908 | 27 | — | — | #487 |
| 1907 | 17 | — | — | #632 |
| 1906 | 29 | — | — | #406 |
| 1905 | 20 | — | — | #520 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | — | #676 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | — | #650 |
| 1902 | 19 | — | — | #502 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #719 |
| 1900 | 21 | — | — | #530 |
| 1899 | 18 | — | — | #451 |
| 1898 | 20 | — | — | #469 |
| 1897 | 17 | — | — | #489 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | — | #583 |
| 1895 | 19 | — | — | #472 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | — | #778 |
| 1893 | 19 | — | — | #429 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | — | #516 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | — | #584 |
| 1890 | 19 | — | — | #422 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | — | #715 |
| 1888 | 12 | — | — | #601 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | — | #671 |
| 1886 | 14 | — | — | #504 |
| 1885 | 13 | — | — | #542 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | — | #541 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #587 |
| 1882 | 12 | — | — | #571 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #849 |
| 1880 | 13 | — | — | #520 |