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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #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 1945

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #26 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 79 boysAKMaine: #13 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 63 boysMEVermont: #16 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 60 boysVTNew Hampshire: #14 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 58 boysNHWashington: #25 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 112 boysWAIdaho: #23 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 108 boysIDMontana: #19 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 97 boysMTNorth Dakota: #14 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 53 boysNDMinnesota: #16 for boys · 396 births · 1 in 63 boysMNIllinois: #20 for boys · 649 births · 1 in 101 boysILWisconsin: #14 for boys · 445 births · 1 in 64 boysWIMichigan: #22 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 91 boysMINew York: #36 for boys · 668 births · 1 in 171 boysNYMassachusetts: #30 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 131 boysMARhode Island: #25 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 107 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 126 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 92 boysNVWyoming: #21 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 82 boysWYSouth Dakota: #13 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 46 boysSDIowa: #15 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 58 boysIAIndiana: #24 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 117 boysINOhio: #21 for boys · 725 births · 1 in 87 boysOHPennsylvania: #48 for boys · 344 births · 1 in 239 boysPANew Jersey: #37 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 180 boysNJConnecticut: #27 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 120 boysCTCalifornia: #30 for boys · 566 births · 1 in 156 boysCAUtah: #20 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 97 boysUTColorado: #26 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 130 boysCONebraska: #16 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 60 boysNEMissouri: #21 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 127 boysMOKentucky: #21 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 92 boysKYWest Virginia: #8 for boys · 465 births · 1 in 39 boysWVVirginia: #14 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 74 boysVAMaryland: #31 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 172 boysMDDelaware: #27 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 136 boysDEArizona: #58 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 234 boysAZNew Mexico: #48 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 188 boysNMKansas: #18 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 85 boysKSArkansas: #38 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 198 boysARTennessee: #30 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 147 boysTNNorth Carolina: #27 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 128 boysNCSouth Carolina: #40 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 198 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #43 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 239 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 151 boysOKLouisiana: #75 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 308 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 263 boysMSAlabama: #32 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 155 boysALGeorgia: #40 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 188 boysGAHawaii: #78 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 253 boysHITexas: #44 for boys · 329 births · 1 in 234 boysTXFlorida: #39 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 197 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#8 · 1 in 39
  2. South Dakota#13 · 1 in 46
  3. Maine#13 · 1 in 63
  4. North Dakota#14 · 1 in 53
  5. New Hampshire#14 · 1 in 58

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#84651 in 39
Maine#131171 in 63
South Dakota#131141 in 46
New Hampshire#14641 in 58
North Dakota#141041 in 53
Virginia#143921 in 74
Wisconsin#144451 in 64
Iowa#153591 in 58
Minnesota#163961 in 63
Nebraska#161831 in 60
Vermont#16461 in 60
Kansas#181801 in 85
Montana#19461 in 97
Illinois#206491 in 101
Utah#20731 in 97
Kentucky#213001 in 92
Missouri#212501 in 127
Ohio#217251 in 87
Wyoming#21251 in 82
Michigan#225791 in 91
Idaho#23431 in 108
Nevada#23121 in 92
Indiana#242721 in 117
Rhode Island#25571 in 107
Washington#251821 in 112
Alaska#2661 in 79
Colorado#26851 in 130
Connecticut#271271 in 120
Delaware#27181 in 136
North Carolina#273231 in 128
Oregon#29881 in 126
California#305661 in 156
Massachusetts#302811 in 131
Tennessee#302071 in 147
Maryland#311081 in 172
Oklahoma#311341 in 151
Alabama#322021 in 155
New York#366681 in 171
New Jersey#371951 in 180
Arkansas#38951 in 198
Florida#391191 in 197
Georgia#401851 in 188
South Carolina#401171 in 198
District of Columbia#43421 in 239
Texas#443291 in 234
New Mexico#48351 in 188
Pennsylvania#483441 in 239
Mississippi#57871 in 263
Arizona#58291 in 234
Louisiana#75831 in 308
Hawaii#78201 in 253

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 1945

girls
#1,312
37 births · 1 in 35,327 girls
boys
#22
10,571 births · 1 in 127 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #1,312Roger37

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #22Roger10,571
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 35,327 of them was named Roger, which outranked 75.0% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #1,292Suzi38
  2. #1,292Trena38
  3. #1,292Zola38
  4. #1,312Roger37
  5. #1,312Alexandria37
  6. #1,312Beckie37
  7. #1,312Corene37
  8. #1,332Almeda36
  9. #1,332Bernardine36
  10. #1,332Charity36

Tied with 19 names at #1,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 799Lauren#1,153#354
  2. 707Amber#1,661#954
  3. 648Laureen#1,315#667
  4. 630Deidre#1,609#979
  5. 623Candice#1,364#741
Fallers
  1. 395Bernardine#937#1,332
  2. 386Joella#988#1,374
  3. 342Venita#937#1,279
  4. 275Magdalene#867#1,142
  5. 249Alpha#964#1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 127 of them was named Roger, which outranked 99.4% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #19Dennis14,990
  2. #20Jerry14,704
  3. #21Frank10,874
  4. #22Roger10,571
  5. #23Raymond9,858
  6. #24Daniel9,708
  7. #25Gerald8,857
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945