Rodger
#5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 646 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,556since 1891
Rodger over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rodger has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #3,889 | 27 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #3,231 | 35 |
| 2014 | #3,617 | 29 |
| 2013 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #2,674 | 34 |
| 1999 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #1,933 | 46 |
| 1995 | #2,102 | 39 |
| 1994 | #1,795 | 48 |
| 1993 | #1,554 | 58 |
| 1992 | #1,490 | 61 |
| 1991 | #1,282 | 76 |
| 1990 | #1,278 | 75 |
| 1989 | #1,294 | 71 |
| 1988 | #1,066 | 87 |
| 1987 | #996 | 91 |
| 1986 | #1,058 | 77 |
| 1985 | #923 | 97 |
| 1984 | #925 | 90 |
| 1983 | #835 | 109 |
| 1982 | #884 | 102 |
| 1981 | #796 | 121 |
| 1980 | #769 | 130 |
| 1979 | #732 | 140 |
| 1978 | #772 | 119 |
| 1977 | #741 | 133 |
| 1976 | #700 | 140 |
| 1975 | #730 | 129 |
| 1974 | #612 | 172 |
| 1973 | #593 | 175 |
| 1972 | #573 | 193 |
| 1971 | #521 | 244 |
| 1970 | #504 | 256 |
| 1969 | #472 | 265 |
| 1968 | #447 | 296 |
| 1967 | #433 | 308 |
| 1966 | #425 | 325 |
| 1965 | #421 | 343 |
| 1964 | #412 | 380 |
| 1963 | #392 | 413 |
| 1962 | #399 | 412 |
| 1961 | #365 | 477 |
| 1960 | #369 | 454 |
| 1959 | #356 | 482 |
| 1958 | #360 | 455 |
| 1957 | #346 | 475 |
| 1956 | #333 | 498 |
| 1955 | #305 | 565 |
| 1954 | #281 | 625 |
| 1953 | #271 | 658 |
| 1952 | #297 | 562 |
| 1951 | #283 | 577 |
| 1950 | #268 | 606 |
| 1949 | #247 | 680 |
| 1948 | #250 | 663 |
| 1947 | #264 | 646 |
| 1946 | #242 | 646 |
| 1945 | #242 | 551 |
| 1944 | #261 | 508 |
| 1943 | #264 | 534 |
| 1942 | #301 | 411 |
| 1941 | #318 | 338 |
| 1940 | #318 | 315 |
| 1939 | #318 | 295 |
| 1938 | #322 | 295 |
| 1937 | #365 | 221 |
| 1936 | #355 | 231 |
| 1935 | #433 | 168 |
| 1934 | #451 | 155 |
| 1933 | #429 | 165 |
| 1932 | #454 | 156 |
| 1931 | #474 | 142 |
| 1930 | #523 | 131 |
| 1929 | #550 | 115 |
| 1928 | #587 | 111 |
| 1927 | #592 | 109 |
| 1926 | #671 | 89 |
| 1925 | #621 | 102 |
| 1924 | #771 | 76 |
| 1923 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | #868 | 64 |
| 1920 | #718 | 82 |
| 1919 | #822 | 63 |
| 1918 | #782 | 69 |
| 1917 | #946 | 46 |
| 1916 | #972 | 43 |
| 1915 | #893 | 48 |
| 1914 | #949 | 34 |
| 1913 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #707 | 20 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five boys were named Rodger! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rodger is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#149 · 1 in 801
- Arkansas#206 · 1 in 1,453
- Pennsylvania#210 · 1 in 2,736
- District of Columbia#220 · 1 in 2,138
- Nebraska#225 · 1 in 2,292
Best ever in a state: #93 in Delaware, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #149 | 15 | 1 in 801 |
| Arkansas | #206 | 14 | 1 in 1,453 |
| Pennsylvania | #210 | 45 | 1 in 2,736 |
| District of Columbia | #220 | 7 | 1 in 2,138 |
| Nebraska | #225 | 7 | 1 in 2,292 |
| Indiana | #231 | 22 | 1 in 2,513 |
| Oregon | #241 | 7 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Missouri | #249 | 18 | 1 in 2,674 |
| Tennessee | #257 | 16 | 1 in 2,560 |
| Alabama | #260 | 17 | 1 in 2,351 |
| Wisconsin | #260 | 10 | 1 in 4,576 |
| Colorado | #268 | 8 | 1 in 2,547 |
| Ohio | #279 | 28 | 1 in 4,131 |
| South Carolina | #282 | 11 | 1 in 2,797 |
| Illinois | #284 | 30 | 1 in 3,744 |
| Iowa | #288 | 7 | 1 in 4,385 |
| Kansas | #288 | 7 | 1 in 3,538 |
| Michigan | #296 | 21 | 1 in 4,765 |
| New Jersey | #298 | 11 | 1 in 5,358 |
| Mississippi | #302 | 10 | 1 in 2,854 |
| Oklahoma | #314 | 7 | 1 in 3,548 |
| Arizona | #317 | 5 | 1 in 2,831 |
| California | #331 | 43 | 1 in 3,901 |
| Washington | #345 | 6 | 1 in 5,298 |
| Texas | #351 | 42 | 1 in 2,950 |
| Florida | #395 | 9 | 1 in 5,244 |
| North Carolina | #418 | 9 | 1 in 6,166 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 9 | 1 in 4,695 |
| Virginia | #472 | 5 | 1 in 8,886 |
| Georgia | #488 | 6 | 1 in 8,361 |
| New York | #714 | 7 | 1 in 25,182 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,104 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #5,208)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #5,208)
- 1,977 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #5,208)
- Biggest jump: 882 spots in 1911 (#1,589 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900 (#928 → #1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1946 at #242 (646 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1911–1985
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,443
- Highest: 1 in 2,443 boys born in 1945 were named Rodger (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #242 in 1946, was only 1 in 2,514 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 25.5% of all boys named Rodger (5,503) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #928 (1899) | #988 |
| 1900s | 51 | #778 (1907) | #1,066 |
| 1910s | 380 | #707 (1911) | #953 |
| 1920s | 883 | #550 (1929) | #702 |
| 1930s | 1,959 | #318 (1939) | #412 |
| 1940s | 5,292 | #242 (1946) | #271 |
| 1950s | 5,503 | #268 (1950) | #310 |
| 1960s | 3,673 | #365 (1961) | #414 |
| 1970s | 1,701 | #504 (1970) | #648 |
| 1980s | 975 | #769 (1980) | #955 |
| 1990s | 505 | #1,278 (1990) | #1,890 |
| 2000s | 297 | #2,386 (2001) | #3,418 |
| 2010s | 231 | #3,231 (2015) | #4,486 |
| 2020s | 90 | #5,208 (2025) | #6,014 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rodger in 1956
boys
#333
498 births · 1 in 4,248 boys
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 4,248 of them was named Rodger, which outranked 92.5% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Rodger
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.