Roger

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780 · #832 for boys in 2025, 297 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1945 · 10,571 births
Debut · boys
25 births
In top 100 · boys
55 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
442,142
since 1880

Roger over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #22, 1945boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#832297
2024—#749341
2023—#757344
2022—#749342
2021—#685388
2020—#685375
2019—#694362
2018—#637413
2017—#627417
2016—#644409
2015—#579481
2014—#582477
2013—#555476
2012—#564459
2011—#534477
2010—#510504
2009—#497550
2008—#462598
2007—#468582
2006—#455594
2005—#417644
2004—#413630
2003—#394664
2002—#384676
2001—#369719
2000—#372703
1999—#358730
1998—#347769
1997—#325804
1996—#285957
1995—#2781,001
1994—#2641,071
1993#11,7806#2531,132
1992—#2141,440
1991—#2311,294
1990#10,1937#2111,456
1989#8,0379#1961,477
1988#5,06516#1801,578
1987#6,33511#1761,559
1986#4,34718#1671,608
1985#5,07714#1591,706
1984#7,3988#1571,718
1983#5,45712#1441,870
1982#5,91111#1272,167
1981#4,74615#1202,244
1980#4,51716#1342,072
1979#4,05218#1322,024
1978#4,45915#1202,143
1977#8,4446#1142,313
1976#3,40720#1032,465
1975#5,16111#972,617
1974#4,04115#932,754
1973#3,23320#843,155
1972#2,52328#763,531
1971#2,37532#714,129
1970#2,04340#614,583
1969#2,45428#594,905
1968#2,12632#555,183
1967#1,78342#535,723
1966#2,51923#516,296
1965#2,15430#496,429
1964#2,75221#497,389
1963#2,21129#537,743
1962#2,07332#479,079
1961#1,83839#479,652
1960#1,92535#479,041
1959#2,10829#478,794
1958#2,37623#478,368
1957#2,06728#429,866
1956#2,15126#4110,153
1955#2,22224#3710,979
1954#1,80133#3411,717
1953#1,93128#3113,172
1952#1,54039#3012,132
1951#1,96825#2912,425
1950#1,83527#2712,552
1949#1,60334#2512,821
1948#1,95324#2412,818
1947#1,52538#2512,760
1946#1,58331#2312,411
1945#1,31237#2210,571
1944#1,57827#2310,581
1943#1,22843#2410,773
1942#1,43832#259,174
1941#1,69622#258,095
1940#1,47727#267,598
1939#1,40128#287,155
1938#1,94517#316,551
1937#1,67921#365,713
1936#1,54923#355,702
1935#2,09515#365,152
1934#1,77119#394,766
1933#1,97016#483,917
1932#1,59723#503,788
1931#1,45926#533,625
1930#1,60724#583,246
1929#1,25735#642,928
1928#1,63725#712,774
1927#1,61926#842,408
1926#1,93220#892,260
1925#2,61713#902,099
1924#2,51414#932,054
1923#2,58713#951,888
1922#2,47914#961,848
1921#4,0237#991,803
1920#3,5988#1031,691
1919#2,81311#1241,298
1918#3,8697#1161,426
1917#2,87910#1191,249
1916#3,5527#1291,087
1915#4,2745#1241,086
1914—#126816
1913—#138565
1912#2,9795#138464
1911—#139241
1910—#170176
1909—#180128
1908—#185115
1907—#169127
1906—#19294
1905—#22473
1904—#19491
1903—#18786
1902—#20973
1901—#22360
1900—#21981
1899—#19967
1898—#20174
1897—#22258
1896—#21570
1895—#20769
1894—#22458
1893—#25349
1892—#23955
1891—#21455
1890—#22952
1889—#23149
1888—#25647
1887—#25439
1886—#30132
1885—#32727
1884—#27139
1883—#34623
1882—#30732
1881—#29629
1880—#34125
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Roger was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 33 boys a year got the name.

Where Roger is popular in 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Roger, so not publishedAKMaine: #12 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 55 boysMEVermont: #18 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 82 boysVTNew Hampshire: #17 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 61 boysNHWashington: #26 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 131 boysWAIdaho: #59 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 211 boysIDMontana: #36 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 139 boysMTNorth Dakota: #15 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 79 boysNDMinnesota: #10 for boys · 411 births · 1 in 49 boysMNIllinois: #25 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 136 boysILWisconsin: #13 for boys · 391 births · 1 in 60 boysWIMichigan: #24 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 123 boysMINew York: #46 for boys · 409 births · 1 in 205 boysNYMassachusetts: #25 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 110 boysMARhode Island: #17 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 63 boysRIOregon: #37 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 154 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Roger, so not publishedNVWyoming: #54 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 198 boysWYSouth Dakota: #10 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 65 boysSDIowa: #16 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 76 boysIAIndiana: #41 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 226 boysINOhio: #25 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 124 boysOHPennsylvania: #69 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 430 boysPANew Jersey: #49 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 255 boysNJConnecticut: #31 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 142 boysCTCalifornia: #37 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 166 boysCAUtah: #21 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 92 boysUTColorado: #56 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 226 boysCONebraska: #21 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 96 boysNEMissouri: #64 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 282 boysMOKentucky: #85 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 436 boysKYWest Virginia: #61 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 309 boysWVVirginia: #81 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 398 boysVAMaryland: #62 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 328 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 287 boysDEArizona: #61 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 222 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Roger, so not publishedNMKansas: #41 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 174 boysKSArkansas: #122 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 612 boysARTennessee: #120 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 727 boysTNNorth Carolina: #78 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 411 boysNCSouth Carolina: #183 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,262 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #43 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 201 boysDCOklahoma: #79 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 357 boysOKLouisiana: #153 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 828 boysLAMississippi: #136 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 755 boysMSAlabama: #188 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,196 boysALGeorgia: #112 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 584 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Roger, so not publishedHITexas: #102 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 504 boysTXFlorida: #98 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 476 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#10 · 1 in 49
  2. South Dakota#10 · 1 in 65
  3. Maine#12 · 1 in 55
  4. Wisconsin#13 · 1 in 60
  5. North Dakota#15 · 1 in 79

Best ever in a state: #7 in New Hampshire, 1923.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#104111 in 49
South Dakota#10831 in 65
Maine#121141 in 55
Wisconsin#133911 in 60
North Dakota#15741 in 79
Iowa#162501 in 76
New Hampshire#17501 in 61
Rhode Island#17671 in 63
Vermont#18301 in 82
Nebraska#211061 in 96
Utah#21541 in 92
Michigan#243191 in 123
Illinois#253831 in 136
Massachusetts#252571 in 110
Ohio#253751 in 124
Washington#26741 in 131
Connecticut#31671 in 142
Montana#36281 in 139
California#372211 in 166
Oregon#37361 in 154
Indiana#411041 in 226
Kansas#41771 in 174
District of Columbia#43211 in 201
New York#464091 in 205
New Jersey#49961 in 255
Wyoming#5481 in 198
Colorado#56371 in 226
Delaware#5651 in 287
Idaho#59181 in 211
Arizona#61181 in 222
West Virginia#61581 in 309
Maryland#62351 in 328
Missouri#64951 in 282
Pennsylvania#691681 in 430
North Carolina#78861 in 411
Oklahoma#79611 in 357
Virginia#81551 in 398
Kentucky#85601 in 436
Florida#98261 in 476
Texas#1021131 in 504
Georgia#112491 in 584
Tennessee#120361 in 727
Arkansas#122301 in 612
Mississippi#136271 in 755
Louisiana#153231 in 828
South Carolina#183151 in 1,262
Alabama#188231 in 1,196
Alaska———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
New Mexico———

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.

See more about Roger
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 83 spots since 2024 (#749 → #832)
  • 147 spots since 2020 (#685 → #832)
  • 253 spots since 2015 (#579 → #832)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1884 (#346 → #271)
  • Biggest drop: 83 spots in 2025 (#749 → #832)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1945 at #22 (10,571 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1921–1975
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 127
  • Highest: 1 in 127 boys born in 1945 were named Roger (0.79%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,751 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 24.9% of all boys named Roger (110,158) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s342#231 (1889)#293
1890s607#199 (1899)#220
1900s928#169 (1907)#198
1910s8,408#116 (1918)#132
1920s21,753#64 (1929)#88
1930s49,615#28 (1939)#41
1940s107,602#22 (1945)#24
1950s110,158#27 (1950)#37
1960s71,440#47 (1961)#51
1970s29,714#61 (1970)#95
1980s17,999#120 (1981)#156
1990s10,654#211 (1990)#277
2000s6,360#369 (2001)#423
2010s4,475#510 (2010)#593
2020s2,087#685 (2021)#743

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.

Roger in 1935

girls
#2,095
15 births · 1 in 69,905 girls
boys
#36
5,152 births · 1 in 202 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #2,095Roger15

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #36Roger5,152
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 69,905 of them was named Roger, which outranked 57.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #2,006Yolande16
  2. #2,006Yoshiko16
  3. #2,006Zeta16
  4. #2,095Roger15
  5. #2,095Adelaida15
  6. #2,095Agness15
  7. #2,095Aleda15
  8. #2,206Adel14
  9. #2,206Alfred14
  10. #2,206Alfrieda14

Tied with 110 names at #2,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 202 of them was named Roger, which outranked 99.1% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #33Larry5,975
  2. #34Fred5,493
  3. #35Lawrence5,351
  4. #36Roger5,152
  5. #37Harry5,054
  6. #38Norman5,043
  7. #39Howard4,970
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935 →