Roddy
Roddy is a surname and a masculine given name, often a short form of Roderick.
- English
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Roddy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roddy is a surname and a masculine given name, often a short form of Roderick.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Scottish
The Story of Roddy
Roddy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1960: 86 births, good for #821 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 22% of all recorded Roddys. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 3K Roddys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Roddy
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About the name Roddy
Roddy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Roddy's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #821. Use the chart and map above to compare Roddy'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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