Roe
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to boys 81.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 909since 1881
Roe over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
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| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
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| 1969 | — | — | ||
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| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | — | #1,816 | 19 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Roe! It came in at #595, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Roe is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Roe in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Roe
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 598 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #8,910)
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 217 spots in 1895
- Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1896
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1889–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,672
- Highest: 1 in 10,672 boys born in 1895 were named Roe (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #595 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,193 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 17.2% of all boys named Roe (156) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
- Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #595 (1881) | #875 |
| 1890s | 48 | #640 (1895) | #874 |
| 1900s | 40 | #910 (1903) | #1,064 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,190 (1911) | #1,530 |
| 1920s | 148 | #1,766 (1921) | #2,178 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,498 (1933) | #2,102 |
| 1940s | 111 | #1,890 (1944) | #2,287 |
| 1950s | 93 | #1,958 (1953) | #2,857 |
| 1960s | 19 | #2,538 (1961) | #2,794 |
| 1970s | 21 | #4,797 (1975) | #5,243 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #9,631 (1998) | #9,631 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 39 | #5,770 (2018) | #8,235 |
| 2020s | 60 | #6,220 (2023) | #7,902 |
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.
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