Rhoads
Rhoads is a surname, and may refer to:Ann Fowler Rhoads, American botanist Bob Rhoads (1879–1967), American baseball pitcher Cornelius P.
Meaning & Origin of Rhoads
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rhoads is a surname, and may refer to:Ann Fowler Rhoads, American botanist Bob Rhoads (1879–1967), American baseball pitcher Cornelius P.
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The Story of Rhoads
Rhoads first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2014, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 5 births, good for #12,106 nationwide. About 67% of every Rhoads on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Rhoads last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Rhoads
Rhoads is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2014 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Rhoads's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #12,106. Use the chart and map above to compare Rhoads's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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