Rodman vs Rodrigo

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Rodman Rodrigo

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 114 years in which either name was published, Rodrigo for 90 years and Rodman for 24 years. The lead changed hands 13 times.

• 1912–1930 Rodman ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1933–2025 Rodrigo ahead, apart from one short spell

10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Rodmans alive today are over 60; half the Rodrigos are over 19. That is 41 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Rodman Pennsylvania (9.2×), New York (4.2×)
• Rodrigo Texas (3.8×), California (3.4×), Nevada (3.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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