# Rod (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rod/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,744 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,744 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 8,756 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,542 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6,824 |
| 2007 | 13 | 6,538 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,786 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,073 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,893 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,546 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,526 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,628 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,653 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,808 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,506 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,568 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,583 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |

## People named Rod

- Rod Steiger, American actor (1925–2002)
- Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
- Rod Taylor, Australian actor (1930-2015)
- Rod Blagojevich, 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009
- Rod Fanni, French footballer (born 1981)
- Rod Roddy, American radio and television announcer (1937-2003)
- Rod Brind'Amour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Rod La Rocque, American actor (1898-1969)
- Rod J. Rosenstein, American lawyer
- Rod Grams, American politician, television personality and businessman (1948-2013)
- Rod Schejtman, Argentine composer
- Rod Morgenstein, American drummer

## 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.