Rodney is a boy's name of English origin meaning “fame and island.” In 2024 it was given to 200 boys in the United States.
Rodney belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “fame and island” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rodney first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #33 in 1965, and in 2024 200 babies received the name — 246,952 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rodney means “fame and island” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rodney is a boy name. In 2024, 200 babies received the name in the US.
Rodney comes from the English & American tradition.
Rodney first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #33 in 1965, and 200 babies were given the name in 2024.
Rodney is pronounced /ˈɹɑdni/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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