Dodd

Boys' name

Possibly rounded

Dodd has been given to 306 babies in the U.S. since 1938. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1964, with 35 recorded.

Babies named Dodd, 1973

1 in 431,000

Dodd over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dodd: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly rounded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dodd means

Dodd may mean “rounded”, associated with dudd-/*dodd-.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following: # Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a) # The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person. # The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver. # The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.

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Origin, language, and formation

Dodd is used in English and Old English.

Dodd comes through Old English dydrian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Dodd is pronounced /dodd/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 306 boys were recorded with the name Dodd between 1938 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 35 in 1964; its best national rank was #1,335 in 1964.

How common is Dodd?

Dodd had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1973, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1973: 1 in 431,000; 7 of 3,016,706 births
Among boys only: 1 in 223,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1973: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 298,718 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dodd sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1973 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 298,718 children born in 1973 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dodd. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dodds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dodd was born before 1964 — so the typical Dodd is around 61 today.

Median birth year: 1964; About 61 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 68.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 288; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 68.0% of all recorded uses (208).

Is Dodd rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1964 (35)
Years since peak: 61; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,335; 1964

Spellings of Dodd

Dodd is not the most common spelling — Cody is, with 30.2% against Dodd's 0.03%.

Cody30.2%292,009
Todd29.2%282,330
Don17.4%167,632
Jody3.3%31,562
Boyd2.9%27,680
Kody2.5%23,762
Doug2.3%22,468
Loyd2.3%22,436

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dodd is used

Across 1910–2025, Dodd was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,743,270 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dodd has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dodd by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,335; 1964
Peak year: 1964; 35 that year
First recorded: 1938
Last recorded: 1973
All-time count: 306
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dodd

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dodge Dodger Rodd Dodi Dodson Jarodd Todd Latodd Rashodd

Sibling names for Dodd

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lanette Zina Kenneth Zena Twyla Jacquline Sarita Kandy

For a brother

Richie Kennedy Greggory Lyndon Berry Robby Chet Kip

Explore around Dodd

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