Is Rhodes a boy or girl name?

Rhodes is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,960 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 7.4% were girls and 92.6% were boys.

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Rhodes

Recorded 1915–2025 · United States

Rhodes was most popular in 2025, when 557 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,090 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,090, with 557 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,960 people named Rhodes.

Rhodes over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rhodes’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rhodes a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rhodes is mostly a boy’s name — 7.4% of the 2,960 Americans given it were girls and 92.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 9% girls and 91% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Rhodes

Where Rhodes is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org