Rodericus

Boys' name

Fame + king, ruler, through *Hrōþirīks

Rodericus has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1982. 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 1982, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Rodericus, 2017

1 in 715,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rodericus: meaning, origin, and history

Fame + king, ruler, through *Hrōþirīks

Proto-Germanic

What Rodericus means

Rodericus belongs to the name family reached through Rodericus → *Hrōþirīks. Its meaning is “fame + king, ruler”.

Origin, language, and formation

Rodericus is used in Latin. Its origins include Proto-Germanic.

Rodericus comes through Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Roderick and *Hrōþirīks.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Rodericus is pronounced [roː.dɛˈriː.kʊs].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Rodericus between 1982 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1982; its best national rank was #7,148 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Rodericus?

Rodericus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rodericus 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 2017 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 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rodericus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rodericuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rodericus was born before 1982 — so the typical Rodericus is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Rodericus 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 1982 (5)
Years since peak: 43; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,148; 1982

Spellings of Rodericus

Rodericus is not the most common spelling — Roderick is, with 95.3% against Rodericus's 0.02%.

Roderick95.3%47,183
Roderic4.7%2,321
Rodericus0.02%10

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.

Rodericus 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: #7,148; 1982
Peak year: 1982; 5 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rodericus

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

Rodrecus Rodricus Rodrekus Roderich Tremarcus Rodrique Rodricas Roderiquez Roderrick Jahmarcus Roddell Roddick Rodolpho Rodrickus Tramarcus Darmarcus Dominicus Rodrygo Roddney Rodas Rodrigue Rodrion Rodnell Temarcus

Sibling names for Rodericus

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

Eboni Lyndsay Shamika Afton Tanesha Christopher Kandi Matthew

For a brother

Jamaal Donnell Jerrod Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Marques

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