Rodericus
A masculine name derived from the Germanic elements "rod" (glory) and "ric" (ruler, power).
Name Census estimates that about 10 living Americans carry the first name Rodericus. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Rodericus today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Rodericus births was 1982 (5 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Rodericus. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Rodericus. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
10
~ 1 in 34,275,434 Americans
Peak year
1982
5 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2017 SSA rank
#13,842
Tracked since 1982
Popularity
Rodericus: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Rodericus from the 1980s through to the 2010s, spanning 2 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 5 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Rodericus by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Rodericus during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Rodericus
The name Rodericus has its origins in the Germanic languages, deriving from the proto-Germanic elements "hrot" meaning "fame" and "ric" meaning "ruler" or "powerful". It likely emerged as a personal name during the Migration Period in the 4th-6th centuries AD among the Germanic peoples of continental Europe.
The name took on the Latinized form Rodericus as it spread across Christian Europe in the Early Middle Ages. One of the earliest known references is the 7th century Visigothic King Roderic, the last ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom in Spain who was defeated by the Umayyad Conquest in 711 AD.
Another prominent bearer was Saint Rudesind or Rodericus (907-977 AD), a Benedictine monk and the founder of the Monastery of Cελ1anova in northwestern Spain. He is venerated as the patron saint of theologians.
The name was further popularized in the 12th century by the exploits of El Cid (Rodrigo Dγaz de Vivar, c.1043-1099), the famous Castilian knight and military leader during the Reconquista period against the Moors in Spain. His life story became the basis for the epic poem Cantar de Mio Cid.
In Portugal, King Rodrigo (1083-1107) was the last ruler of the County of Portucale before the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal in the 12th century. Centuries later, the name would be borne by Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503), the notorious Spanish-born Pope Alexander VI of the Renaissance period.
The variants Roderick, Roderic and Rodric also found use over the centuries, such as with the 11th century Roderick of Llanbadarn, a medieval Welsh ecclesiastical writer. King Roderick (c. 1695-1756) was the last of the ancient line of Milesian Kings of Munster in Ireland.
People
Rodericus + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Rodericus as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Rodericus: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rodericus?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 10 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Rodericus going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 34,275,434 US residents.
Is Rodericus a common name?
We classify Rodericus as "Very Rare". It ranks above 28.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 10 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Rodericus most popular?
The single biggest year for Rodericus was 1982, when 5 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Rodericus is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Rodericus in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Rodericus a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Rodericus in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Rodericus still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Rodericus in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Rodericus can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many Americans are named Rodericus?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.