Rodger vs Rodrick
American parents have registered 21,556 Rodgers since 1880, against 8,968 Rodricks. But in 2025 it was Rodrick that was commoner, 24 babies to 18.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Rodger Rodrick
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 126 years in which either name was published, Rodger for 73 years and Rodrick for 53 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Rodger | Rodrick | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 21,556 | 8,968 |
| Most in one year | 680 | 273 |
| Babies in 2025 | 18 | 24 |
| Estimated living today | 13,000 | 7,900 |
| Median age today | 65 | 43 |
| Peak year | 1949 | 1977 |
| Best rank | 247th boys | 491st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,208th | 4,249th |
| First recorded | 1891 | 1914 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 21,556 | 5 / 8,963 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Rodgers alive today are over 65; half the Rodricks are over 43. That is 22 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Rodger North Dakota (2.6×), West Virginia (1.8×), Pennsylvania (1.8×)
- Rodrick Mississippi (5.6×), Louisiana (4.8×), Alabama (3.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rodger and Rodrick.