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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #113 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 450 boysAKMaine: #32 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 129 boysMEVermont: #53 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 234 boysVTNew Hampshire: #30 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 111 boysNHWashington: #52 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 232 boysWAIdaho: #37 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 150 boysIDMontana: #42 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 170 boysMTNorth Dakota: #42 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 158 boysNDMinnesota: #44 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 183 boysMNIllinois: #51 for boys · 419 births · 1 in 272 boysILWisconsin: #53 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 224 boysWIMichigan: #55 for boys · 416 births · 1 in 237 boysMINew York: #83 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 491 boysNYMassachusetts: #58 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 392 boysMARhode Island: #42 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 222 boysRIOregon: #49 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 216 boysORNevada: #57 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 218 boysNVWyoming: #35 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 164 boysWYSouth Dakota: #39 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 141 boysSDIowa: #34 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 141 boysIAIndiana: #41 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 180 boysINOhio: #50 for boys · 509 births · 1 in 225 boysOHPennsylvania: #69 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 410 boysPANew Jersey: #69 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 435 boysNJConnecticut: #65 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 408 boysCTCalifornia: #70 for boys · 504 births · 1 in 347 boysCAUtah: #32 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 139 boysUTColorado: #52 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 242 boysCONebraska: #31 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 126 boysNEMissouri: #41 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 198 boysMOKentucky: #29 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 115 boysKYWest Virginia: #24 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 88 boysWVVirginia: #38 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 197 boysVAMaryland: #81 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 412 boysMDDelaware: #74 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 345 boysDEArizona: #87 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 367 boysAZNew Mexico: #77 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 298 boysNMKansas: #36 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 154 boysKSArkansas: #42 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 175 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 152 boysTNNorth Carolina: #38 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 164 boysNCSouth Carolina: #41 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 177 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #84 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 415 boysDCOklahoma: #45 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 197 boysOKLouisiana: #83 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 339 boysLAMississippi: #54 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 222 boysMSAlabama: #47 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 197 boysALGeorgia: #60 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 255 boysGAHawaii: #109 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 398 boysHITexas: #62 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 282 boysTXFlorida: #76 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 334 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#24 · 1 in 88
  2. Kentucky#29 · 1 in 115
  3. New Hampshire#30 · 1 in 111
  4. Nebraska#31 · 1 in 126
  5. Maine#32 · 1 in 129

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#242431 in 88
Kentucky#293121 in 115
New Hampshire#30561 in 111
Nebraska#311251 in 126
Maine#32831 in 129
Utah#32841 in 139
Iowa#342161 in 141
Wyoming#35201 in 164
Kansas#361521 in 154
Idaho#37491 in 150
North Carolina#383191 in 164
Virginia#382211 in 197
South Dakota#39551 in 141
Tennessee#402651 in 152
Indiana#413051 in 180
Missouri#412451 in 198
South Carolina#411641 in 177
Arkansas#421131 in 175
Montana#42451 in 170
North Dakota#42471 in 158
Rhode Island#42401 in 222
Minnesota#442231 in 183
Oklahoma#451201 in 197
Alabama#471941 in 197
Oregon#49781 in 216
Ohio#505091 in 225
Illinois#514191 in 272
Colorado#52861 in 242
Washington#521361 in 232
Vermont#53171 in 234
Wisconsin#532081 in 224
Mississippi#541221 in 222
Michigan#554161 in 237
Nevada#57121 in 218
Massachusetts#581461 in 392
Georgia#601901 in 255
Texas#624351 in 282
Connecticut#65651 in 408
New Jersey#691401 in 435
Pennsylvania#693011 in 410
California#705041 in 347
Delaware#74151 in 345
Florida#761551 in 334
New Mexico#77431 in 298
Maryland#81781 in 412
Louisiana#831261 in 339
New York#833681 in 491
District of Columbia#84361 in 415
Arizona#87421 in 367
Hawaii#109181 in 398
Alaska#11371 in 450

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 1958

girls
#2,376
23 births · 1 in 87,462 girls
boys
#47
8,368 births · 1 in 254 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #2,376Roger23

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #47Roger8,368
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 87,462 of them was named Roger, which outranked 66.2% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #2,322Tamarah24
  2. #2,322Terrill24
  3. #2,322Thalia24
  4. #2,376Roger23
  5. #2,376Adina23
  6. #2,376Alpha23
  7. #2,376Alycia23
  8. #2,449Alena22
  9. #2,449Alvin22
  10. #2,449Angella22

Tied with 72 names at #2,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 254 of them was named Roger, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #44Steve10,079
  2. #45Danny8,934
  3. #46Dale8,502
  4. #47Roger8,368
  5. #48Wayne8,329
  6. #49Alan8,226
  7. #50Eric8,190
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →