Roderick
Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward. Its Old High German forms are Hrodric, Chrodericus, Hroderich, Roderich, Ruodrich, etc.; in Gothic language Hrōþireiks; in Old English language it appears as Hrēðrīc or Hroðrīc, and in Old Norse as Hrǿríkʀ.
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Meaning & Origin of Roderick
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward. Its Old High German forms are Hrodric, Chrodericus, Hroderich, Roderich, Ruodrich, etc.; in Gothic language Hrōþireiks; in Old English language it appears as Hrēðrīc or Hroðrīc, and in Old Norse as Hrǿríkʀ.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Scottish
- Welsh
The Story of Roderick
The earliest SSA record of Roderick as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 7 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 1,057 newborns named Roderick — #223 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Roderick on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Roderick ranks #1,968 for baby boys with 80 births, falling sharply (-31%). All told, over 47K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Roderick
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About the name Roderick
Roderick is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 47K births in the dataset. Roderick's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #221. Use the chart and map above to compare Roderick'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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