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How popular is the name Rod?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rods are alive today.

Rod (male), a spelling of Raad, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 1996 (ranked 2863rd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.

Across all spellings of the name, the Raad you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Raads born in England and Wales are between 8 and 30, and there are at least 90 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Raad - on average, only one in every 3,367 such rooms contains a Raad.

How many babies are named Rod each year?

Includes all spellings: Rod, Raad. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

024200020201996: 32017: 32019: 52020: 32022: 32024: 3actual

Where does the Rod spelling rank?

1101001,0005,0001996: ranked 2,863

Where does the Raad spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202017: ranked 4,8122019: ranked 3,4112020: ranked 4,6082022: ranked 4,7902024: ranked 5,120

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Rod per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2024, peaking at about 5 in 2019
Rod: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2024. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rod most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Raad, peaked in 2019, when 5 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Rod spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 3 babies.

How many people are called Rod?

At least 90 people named Rod in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rod?

Most living Rods are between 8 and 30; the most common age is about 6.

Is Rod becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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