Rodriguez
The Story of Rodriguez
The earliest SSA record of Rodriguez as a baby boy name dates back to 1955, when 6 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 47 newborns named Rodriguez — #1,373 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Rodriguez on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Rodriguez last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 952 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rodriguez
Rodriguez is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1955 and has accumulated 952 births in the dataset. Rodriguez's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #1,373. Use the chart and map above to compare Rodriguez'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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