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Rhodes

From the word “rodes”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,169, 2016: #2,228, 2017: #1,958, 2018: #1,809, 2019: #1,564, 2020: #1,390, 2021: #1,043, 2022: #923, 2023: #706, 2024: #613, 2025: #5751 in 3,343 boys in the US, 2025#575 · rising · was #2,169 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2019: #4,702, 2020: #4,608, 2021: #3,017, 2022: #2,756, 2023: #1,243, 2024: #1,235, 2025: #8731 in 7,554 boys in E&W, 2025#873 · rising · was #4,702 in 2019

Boy’s name · from a surname · /ɹəʊdz/

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What Rhodes means

From the word “rodes”

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu

Source: Wiktionary, “Rhodes” (revision 92010949), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rhodes?

US 2025
#575
511 babies
▲ 38 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#873
36 babies
▲ 362 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #2169 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 511 boys got the name (#575 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

  • About 1 in 3,343 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 7,554 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (1.56 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.72 per 1,000 boys), TN (0.71 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rhodes is #575 in the US and #873 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#5755111 in 3,343#2169
England & Wales#873361 in 7,554–
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.7% of US babies named Rhodes were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 202546511
England & Wales 2025436
US all years since 18802192,741
England & Wales since 1996799

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

UK/ɹəʊdz/
US/ɹoʊdz/
/ɹəʉdz/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Rhodes

Boys

  • Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025
  • Miller#369From a surname for “a miller”
  • Callan#190“descendant of Cathalán”
  • Oakley#454“oak + woodland clearing, glade”
  • Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025

For a sister

  • Ellis#682“benevolent, kind”
  • Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
  • Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
  • Sawyer#290“one who saws”
  • Bellamy#797“fair + friend”
  • Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rhodes’s. Rank is US 2025.

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