Rodney

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rodney: Recorded since 1952, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #17 in 1966, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#17highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
4names it appears alongside

What stands out in Rodney's record

Held a top-100 place for 32 years running. Names by top-100 run
Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1454
1998	#1055
1999	#1281
2000	#1552
2001	#1746
2002	#1519
2003	#2189
2004	#1596
2005	#1534
2006	#1744
2007	#1361
2008	#3158
2009	#2318
2010	#1911
2011	#2613
2012	#4805
2015	#3373
2016	#2175
2017	#2734
2018	#3011
2019	#3937
2020	#2682
2021	#2125
2022	#2320
2023	#1906
2024	#2671

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 New South Wales, Australia in every year from 1952 to 1983.

In 1983: #87 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #282 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #38 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1983
Highest recorded position: #17 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1966 (recorded 1952–1983).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rodney appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 9,491 births with the name.

Rodney across 4 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.

Rodney'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
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#38 (1952)	#17 (1966)	#87 (1983)	32 of 32	9,491 (1952–1983)	550 (1966)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#135 (1972)	#301 (1995)	21 of 32	228 (1964–1995)	27 (1972)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1055 (1998)	#2671 (2024)	27 of 29	228 (1996–2024)	16 (2007)
New Zealand · Boys	#71 (1954)	#42 (1967)	#99 (1974)	20 of 21	1,936 (1954–1974)	167 (1967)

Rodney by decade in New South Wales, Australia · 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 Rodney in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	2,341	8 of 10	293
1960sbusiest	4,284	10 of 10	428
1970s	2,466	10 of 10	247
1980s	400	4 of 10	100

Across New South Wales, Australia · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 428 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1964 and 1965, when recorded births rose by 151, from 336 to 487.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Rodney 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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #17 in New South Wales, Australia in 1966.

Rodney'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	210	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	199	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	240	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	309	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	307	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	373	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#26	374	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#24	428	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	420	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#18	540	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#17	550	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	487	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	336	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#26	382	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#26	403	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	356	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	382	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	352	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	281	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	290	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	318	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	304	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	259	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	271	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	266	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New Zealand	male	#99	66	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#93	78	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#75	103	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#73	102	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#69	113	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#51	155	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#42	167	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#47	143	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#75	92	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#83	78	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#85	74	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#90	71	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#86	75	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#69	96	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#75	89	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#74	92	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#74	90	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#75	82	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#77	75	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#71	95	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#264	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	15	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	23	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	13	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	19	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	27	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	18	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	14	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	20	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #17, first reached in 1966.

It held a top-100 place in 32 years, 32 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 550 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1966.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 44 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.

Rodi · #1771, 18y
Rodin · #2390, 12y
Rodrigo · #365, 27y
Roel · #1431, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Roisin · #17, 62y
Niall · #16, 62y
Cara · #19, 60y
Orla · #19, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Barry · #17, 74y
Edward · #17, 76y
Keith · #17, 74y
Alexandra · #16, 64y

Comparisons involving Rodney

Existing comparison pages where Rodney and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Rodney in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Wayne vs Rodney
Across 32 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Wayne and Rodney averaged 12.0 places apart, ending at #65 and #87.
Wayne · Rodney · 32 shared years, 1952–1983 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Adrian vs Rodney
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Adrian moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1977 as Rodney fell out of it to #55, having been #39 the year before.
Adrian · Rodney · 31 shared years, 1952–1983 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1977 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Rodney and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Glenn vs Rodney
In New Zealand · Boys, Glenn moved into the top 50 at #34 in 1968 as Rodney fell out of it to #51, having been #42 the year before.
Glenn · Rodney · 20 shared years, 1954–1974 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking
Scott vs Rodney
In New Zealand · Boys, Scott moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1968 as Rodney fell out of it to #51, having been #42 the year before.
Scott · Rodney · 14 shared years, 1960–1974 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking

Rodney was ranked #17 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1966. 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.

Rodney 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 Rodney without appearing here.

Rodney moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #3225.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #3009.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4805 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Rodney

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1361 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1294.
Marius Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1361 and #1666 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1294.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Aksel Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #3416.

Moved the opposite way to Rodney

Adrian Compare
Between 1952 and 1983 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Rodney went from #38 to #87 while Adrian went from #87 to #40.
Alexander Compare
Between 1952 and 1983 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Rodney went from #38 to #87 while Alexander went from #80 to #37.
Andrew Compare
Between 1952 and 1983 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Rodney went from #38 to #87 while Andrew went from #51 to #6.
Christopher Compare
Between 1952 and 1983 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Rodney went from #38 to #87 while Christopher went from #11 to #3.

Moved the same way as Rodney

Edward Compare
Between 1952 and 1983 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Rodney went from #38 to #87 and Edward from #48 to #82.
William Compare
Between 1952 and 1983 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Rodney went from #38 to #87 and William from #12 to #36.
Jude Compare
Between 1965 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rodney went from #194 to #301 and Jude from #129 to #301.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rodney went from #1591 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #17 in New South Wales, Australia in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rodney

Rodney at a glance

What stands out in Rodney's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rodney across 4 official records

Rodney by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Rodney appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Rodney

Longest shared records

Order changes

Names published alongside Rodney

Rodney and the names beside it

Rodney moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rodney

Moved the opposite way to Rodney

Moved the same way as Rodney

Rodney at a glance

What stands out in Rodney's record

Rodney across 4 official records

Rodney by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Rodney appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Rodney

Longest shared records

Order changes

Names published alongside Rodney

Rodney and the names beside it

Rodney moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rodney

Moved the opposite way to Rodney

Moved the same way as Rodney