Given name & surname
Rhodes
“from the Greek island”·“from the place where the roses grow”
Rhodes is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the Greek island” (Greek) and “from the place where the roses grow” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the Greek island” (Greek) and “from the place where the roses grow” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Middle English rode, from Old English rod.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rhodes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,960
- 2,741 boys · 219 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 557 babies
- 2025
- 557
- #575 for boys · #3,376 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +301%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 91% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 511 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 575 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 302.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 46 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (51). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 931 as a first name in 2020; 86,574 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.
Rhodes’s family of names
Rhodes has a related form in Rodas. Rhodes has a related form in Rhoads. Rhodes has a related form in Rhodas.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Rhodashares a root
- Aradshares a root
- Herodshares a root
- Aridaishares a root
- Ardonshares a root
- Arodishares a root
- Arodshares a root
- Aridathashares a root
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People named Rhodes
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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