# Roderick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roderick/  
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 | /ˈɹɒdəɹɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Rory, Rodders, Roddy, Roddie |
| Variant spellings | Rodrick |
| US babies named this | 47,446 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 47,183 / 263 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 150, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 12 | 4,947 |
| 1975 | 11 | 5,421 |
| 1976 | 14 | 4,537 |
| 1977 | 6 | 9,347 |
| 1978 | 13 | 5,138 |
| 1979 | 10 | 6,574 |
| 1980 | 10 | 6,657 |
| 1981 | 14 | 5,179 |
| 1982 | 11 | 6,255 |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,589 |
| 1984 | 9 | 7,271 |
| 1985 | 7 | 9,047 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7,590 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,563 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,408 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 220 | 917 |
| 2012 | 204 | 982 |
| 2013 | 178 | 1,059 |
| 2014 | 178 | 1,087 |
| 2015 | 185 | 1,072 |
| 2016 | 199 | 1,017 |
| 2017 | 160 | 1,174 |
| 2018 | 132 | 1,355 |
| 2019 | 134 | 1,345 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,620 |
| 2021 | 96 | 1,707 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,675 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1,924 |
| 2024 | 83 | 1,916 |
| 2025 | 93 | 1,752 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: لُذَرِيق
- Dutch: Roderik
- German: Roderich
- Polish: Roderyk
- Portuguese: Rodrigo, Rui
- Scottish Gaelic: Ruairidh
- Spanish: Rodrigo, Ruy
- Welsh: Rhydderch

## People named Roderick

- Roderick MacKinnon, American neuroscientist
- Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet, British geologist (1792-1871)
- Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler
- Roderick Chisholm, American philosopher and logician (1916–1999)
- Roderick Thorp, American writer (1936–1999)
- Roderick Rijnders, Dutch rower (1941-2018)
- Roderick Kabwe, association football player
- Roderick Weusthof, Dutch hockey player
- Roderick Blakney, American basketball player
- Roderick MacFarquhar, British politician (1930-2019)
- Roderick Long, American philosopher
- Roderick Gordon, British writer

## 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.