Name meaning & stats
Roderick
Roderick means “famous ruler” (Germanic origin). 43,396 US babies since 1940, peak 1971.
What it means
“famous ruler”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1971
43,396 US babies were named Roderick between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Roderick (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 78% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1971)