Roderick

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roderick: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roderick: Recorded since 1964, it reached #146 in 1968, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#146highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1174
1998	#1367
1999	#1664
2000	#1552
2001	#3134
2003	#2189
2004	#3009
2005	#2418
2006	#2870
2007	#2211
2009	#3227
2010	#2941
2011	#2892
2012	#3987
2014	#4632
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2017	#2172
2018	#3959
2020	#4608
2021	#2493
2022	#2755
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #181 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1990
Highest recorded position: #146 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1964–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Roderick appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 24 ranked years and 145 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Roderick across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Roderick's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1040 (1996)	#1040 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	24 of 29	145 (1996–2024)	13 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#181 (1964)	#146 (1968)	#323 (1990)	23 of 27	218 (1964–1990)	19 (1975)

Roderick by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roderick in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	45	8 of 10	6
2010s	39	8 of 10	5
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Roderick appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #146 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Roderick's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	15	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	19	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	14	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	14	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	15	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	9	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	12	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #146, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amie · #148, 45y
Lindsey · #144, 46y
Clifford · #142, 51y
Conn · #150, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ivor · #146, 54y
Ultan · #146, 61y
Columba · #145, 10y
Eunan · #147, 41y

Roderick was ranked #146 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roderick and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roderick without appearing here.

Roderick moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #4812.
Brent Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4608 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #3449.
Garry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #3048.
Florence Compare
In 1988 they stood at #250 and #234 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1989 that had become #278 and #307.

Moved ahead of Roderick

Isak Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #1517.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2172 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #1786.
Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1552 and #1889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1202.

Moved the opposite way to Roderick

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Roderick

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roderick went from #1040 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #146 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roderick

Roderick at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roderick across 2 official records

Roderick by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Roderick at a glance

Roderick across 2 official records

Roderick by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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