Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Rhode is associated with the oldest daughter of Oceanus and wife of Helios.
Rhode through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 19 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,471 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,471 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 311 as a first name in 2020; 3,082 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rhode’s family of names
Rhode has a related form in Rhodus. In English usage, Rhode as a surname has a related form in RHOAD.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rhode
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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