Roderick
Boy nameRoderick has been given to 47,446 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1971.
Meaning & origin /ˈɹɒdəɹɪk/
Medieval English name from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks, revived after Walter Scott used it in a poem in 1811, where it is a translation of its Spanish cognate Rodrigo. Roderick is also used to anglicize Scottish Ruairidh and Welsh Rhydderch.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
47,446
Peak year
1971 (1,067 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -50%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Roderick
Rod Stewart
English singer and songwriter (born 1945)
Roderick MacKinnon
American neuroscientist
Roddy Piper
Canadian professional wrestler (1954–2015)
Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet
British geologist (1792-1871)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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