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How popular is the name Rodney?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rodneys are alive today.
Rodney (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 10 in 2025, ranked 2269th. The name peaked in 1944, when around 1,200 babies were given the name, the 48th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 40,000 babies have been named Rodney in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Rodney you are most likely to meet is around 75 years old. Half of all Rodneys born in England and Wales are between 56 and 77, and there are at least 31,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 9.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Rodney.
How many babies are named Rodney each year?
Where does Rodney rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Rodney most popular?
Rodney peaked in 1944, when around 1,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Rodney?
At least 31,000 people named Rodney born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rodney?
Most living Rodneys are between 56 and 77; the most common age is about 75.
Is Rodney becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.