Quick answers about Rod
How many people are named Rod?
An estimated 6,213 living Americans are named Rod.
How rare is Rod?
Rod fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Rod?
The median age of a living American named Rod is approximately 62 years, with most bearers falling between 57 and 67 years old.
Is Rod still popular?
Not especially. Rod has been declining since its 1960 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Rod most common?
Rod has its strongest geographic signal in Washington, where it appears 6.7× more often than the national baseline.
1910Peak 19602025
Where it lives now
Rod is most concentrated in Oregon — about 4.3× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Rod is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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