# Roddy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roddy/  
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 | Roddey |
| US babies named this | 2,541 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,541 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 12,063 |
| 2008 | 12 | 7,106 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,731 |
| 2010 | 10 | 8,016 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,967 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,020 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,482 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8,005 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,401 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,514 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,383 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,520 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,030 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,115 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2003 | 8 | 1,771 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Roddy

- Roddy McDowall, British actor (1928–1998)
- Roddy White, American football player (born 1981)
- Roddy Maude-Roxby, British actor

## 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.