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Rhodes

#575 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Reckoning, judgement, account, through rode

Rhodes has been given to 2,960 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #575 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 511 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Rhodes, 2025

1 in 6,490

Rhodes over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rhodes over time

In 2025, Rhodes went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

19152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rhodes: meaning, origin, and history

Reckoning, judgement, account, through rode

surname transfer

What Rhodes means

Rhodes belongs to the name family reached through Rhodes → rode. Its meaning is “reckoning, judgement, account”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Rhodes (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Rhodes is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Rhodes comes through Middle English rode and Old English rod.

Rhodes is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include rode.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Rhodes is pronounced /ɹoʊdz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,741 boys were recorded with the name Rhodes between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 511 in 2025; its best national rank was #575 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,395 in 2020 to #575 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,187 in 2015 to #575 in 2025.

In the United States, 219 girls were recorded with the name Rhodes between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,375 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,415 in 2020 to #3,375 in 2025.

How common is Rhodes?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 6,490
511 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 3,340
0.03% of boys
Rank, 2025
#575
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,498 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rhodes 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 2025 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 1002%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 4,498 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rhodes. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rhodess were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rhodes was born before 2022 — so the typical Rhodes is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
70.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,618
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 70.5% of all recorded uses (1,933).

Is Rhodes 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
+40
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+820
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,612
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
8.11×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (511)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#575
2025

Spellings of Rhodes

Rhodes is the most-used spelling, taking 69.2% of the 3,961 babies given a near-identical spelling.

  • Rhodes69.2%2,741
  • Rhyder30.8%1,220

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 Rhodes is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rhodes was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 3,125 boys, against 1 in 8,242 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 33,333).

332 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 3,125
  2. 2Georgia1 in 4,000
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 4,167
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 4,545
  5. 5Colorado1 in 4,762
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 4,762
  7. 7Iowa1 in 5,000
  8. 8Minnesota1 in 5,000

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.

Where Rhodes is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rhodes was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,710,721 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Rhodes has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rhodes around the world

Where Rhodes ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2019–2025
    #873
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2024–2024
    #535
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2013–2024
    #560
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2000–2000
    #556
    in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Rhodes

People whose public names include Rhodes, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rhodes by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#575
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 820
Best rank ever
#575
2025
Peak year
2025
511 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,741
Count in 2025
511

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,375
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,040
Best rank ever
#3,375
2025
Peak year
2025
46 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
219
Count in 2025
46

Names similar to Rhodes

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

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Names with a curve like Rhodes

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rhodes, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Rhodes

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

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