# Rhodes (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rhodes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹoʊdz/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rhoades, Rhoads, Rodes, Roades, Royds, Rhode |
| US babies named this | 2,960 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,741 / 219 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 106, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | 14,267 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,307 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,545 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,518 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,205 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,420 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,625 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4,881 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,262 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,684 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,376 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,151 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,102 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,798 |
| 2014 | 48 | 2,571 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,187 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,251 |
| 2017 | 73 | 1,971 |
| 2018 | 84 | 1,817 |
| 2019 | 107 | 1,572 |
| 2020 | 125 | 1,395 |
| 2021 | 206 | 1,044 |
| 2022 | 250 | 927 |
| 2023 | 376 | 708 |
| 2024 | 465 | 615 |
| 2025 | 511 | 575 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## People named Rhodes

- Hiram Rhodes Revels, American politician (1827-1901)
- Rhodes Reason, American actor (1930-2014)
- M. R. James, 20th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost (1862–1936)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.