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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #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 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Roger, so not publishedAKMaine: #15 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 68 boysMEVermont: #15 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 55 boysVTNew Hampshire: #10 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 40 boysNHWashington: #20 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 103 boysWAIdaho: #20 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 100 boysIDMontana: #22 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 101 boysMTNorth Dakota: #15 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 65 boysNDMinnesota: #13 for boys · 504 births · 1 in 49 boysMNIllinois: #24 for boys · 520 births · 1 in 123 boysILWisconsin: #16 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 62 boysWIMichigan: #22 for boys · 550 births · 1 in 91 boysMINew York: #37 for boys · 576 births · 1 in 174 boysNYMassachusetts: #25 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 111 boysMARhode Island: #25 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 95 boysRIOregon: #23 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 113 boysORNevada: #22 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 69 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 128 boysWYSouth Dakota: #12 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 52 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 403 births · 1 in 54 boysIAIndiana: #24 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 131 boysINOhio: #21 for boys · 619 births · 1 in 96 boysOHPennsylvania: #52 for boys · 290 births · 1 in 279 boysPANew Jersey: #45 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 202 boysNJConnecticut: #31 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 138 boysCTCalifornia: #28 for boys · 409 births · 1 in 143 boysCAUtah: #20 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 90 boysUTColorado: #26 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 113 boysCONebraska: #14 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 56 boysNEMissouri: #30 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 168 boysMOKentucky: #31 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 177 boysKYWest Virginia: #18 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 93 boysWVVirginia: #27 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 139 boysVAMaryland: #57 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 266 boysMDDelaware: #52 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 215 boysDEArizona: #57 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 215 boysAZNew Mexico: #57 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 223 boysNMKansas: #20 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 106 boysKSArkansas: #85 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 388 boysARTennessee: #76 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 436 boysTNNorth Carolina: #56 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 274 boysNCSouth Carolina: #104 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 557 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #51 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 250 boysDCOklahoma: #49 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 231 boysOKLouisiana: #102 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 478 boysLAMississippi: #115 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 651 boysMSAlabama: #97 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 526 boysALGeorgia: #75 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 377 boysGAHawaii: #72 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 281 boysHITexas: #65 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 329 boysTXFlorida: #100 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 488 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#10 · 1 in 40
  2. South Dakota#12 · 1 in 52
  3. Minnesota#13 · 1 in 49
  4. Iowa#14 · 1 in 54
  5. Nebraska#14 · 1 in 56

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#10891 in 40
South Dakota#12991 in 52
Minnesota#135041 in 49
Iowa#144031 in 54
Nebraska#141781 in 56
Maine#151001 in 68
North Dakota#15871 in 65
Vermont#15481 in 55
Wisconsin#164281 in 62
West Virginia#182131 in 93
Idaho#20481 in 100
Kansas#201281 in 106
Utah#20651 in 90
Washington#201341 in 103
Ohio#216191 in 96
Michigan#225501 in 91
Montana#22471 in 101
Nevada#22101 in 69
Oregon#23741 in 113
Illinois#245201 in 123
Indiana#242291 in 131
Massachusetts#252991 in 111
Rhode Island#25521 in 95
Colorado#26861 in 113
Virginia#271851 in 139
California#284091 in 143
Missouri#301851 in 168
Wyoming#30151 in 128
Connecticut#31941 in 138
Kentucky#311611 in 177
New York#375761 in 174
New Jersey#451501 in 202
Oklahoma#49941 in 231
District of Columbia#51301 in 250
Delaware#5291 in 215
Pennsylvania#522901 in 279
North Carolina#561411 in 274
Arizona#57241 in 215
Maryland#57571 in 266
New Mexico#57271 in 223
Texas#652021 in 329
Hawaii#72141 in 281
Georgia#75861 in 377
Tennessee#76681 in 436
Arkansas#85511 in 388
Alabama#97561 in 526
Florida#100341 in 488
Louisiana#102511 in 478
South Carolina#104391 in 557
Mississippi#115341 in 651
Alaska———

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 1941

girls
#1,696
22 births · 1 in 54,915 girls
boys
#25
8,095 births · 1 in 152 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,696Roger22

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #25Roger8,095
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 54,915 of them was named Roger, which outranked 66.6% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #1,649Verline23
  2. #1,649Virgia23
  3. #1,649Wonda23
  4. #1,696Roger22
  5. #1,696Andree22
  6. #1,696Arnita22
  7. #1,696Avon22
  8. #1,750Adriana21
  9. #1,750Allean21
  10. #1,750Allen21

Tied with 53 names at #1,696; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 152 of them was named Roger, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #22Raymond9,951
  2. #23Dennis9,562
  3. #24Harold8,102
  4. #25Roger8,095
  5. #26Walter7,745
  6. #27Billy7,655
  7. #28Henry7,165
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →