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Rodney
Say it: ROD-nee
Meaning
From an English surname taken from Rodney Stoke in Somerset, probably 'Hroda's island'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Linked to Admiral George Rodney in the 18th century; popular in the US from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 247,284 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1965, about 1 in 168 boys
- 260 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.