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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 240 boysAKMaine: #43 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 164 boysMEVermont: #35 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 131 boysVTNew Hampshire: #38 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 157 boysNHWashington: #51 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 215 boysWAIdaho: #66 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 237 boysIDMontana: #41 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 168 boysMTNorth Dakota: #62 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 257 boysNDMinnesota: #55 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 242 boysMNIllinois: #52 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 276 boysILWisconsin: #55 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 252 boysWIMichigan: #51 for boys · 343 births · 1 in 246 boysMINew York: #77 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 468 boysNYMassachusetts: #53 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 318 boysMARhode Island: #48 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 270 boysRIOregon: #67 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 277 boysORNevada: #69 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 296 boysNVWyoming: #52 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 188 boysWYSouth Dakota: #45 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 193 boysSDIowa: #41 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 168 boysIAIndiana: #46 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 209 boysINOhio: #44 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 219 boysOHPennsylvania: #68 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 397 boysPANew Jersey: #71 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 447 boysNJConnecticut: #57 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 333 boysCTCalifornia: #63 for boys · 557 births · 1 in 329 boysCAUtah: #36 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 162 boysUTColorado: #53 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 237 boysCONebraska: #37 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 154 boysNEMissouri: #43 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 186 boysMOKentucky: #42 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 158 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 123 boysWVVirginia: #38 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 194 boysVAMaryland: #62 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 350 boysMDDelaware: #59 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 331 boysDEArizona: #67 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 307 boysAZNew Mexico: #62 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 244 boysNMKansas: #41 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 175 boysKSArkansas: #48 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 196 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 163 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 191 boysNCSouth Carolina: #45 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 203 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #64 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 344 boysDCOklahoma: #44 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 171 boysOKLouisiana: #97 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 401 boysLAMississippi: #63 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 252 boysMSAlabama: #51 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 206 boysALGeorgia: #74 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 293 boysGAHawaii: #98 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 376 boysHITexas: #68 for boys · 398 births · 1 in 283 boysTXFlorida: #53 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 279 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#29 · 1 in 123
  2. Vermont#35 · 1 in 131
  3. Utah#36 · 1 in 162
  4. Nebraska#37 · 1 in 154
  5. New Hampshire#38 · 1 in 157

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#291391 in 123
Vermont#35281 in 131
Utah#36671 in 162
Nebraska#37921 in 154
New Hampshire#38381 in 157
Virginia#382211 in 194
Tennessee#402361 in 163
Iowa#411601 in 168
Kansas#411121 in 175
Montana#41391 in 168
Kentucky#422081 in 158
Maine#43601 in 164
Missouri#432321 in 186
Ohio#444631 in 219
Oklahoma#441261 in 171
South Carolina#451311 in 203
South Dakota#45351 in 193
Indiana#462431 in 209
North Carolina#462571 in 191
Arkansas#48971 in 196
Rhode Island#48321 in 270
Alabama#511701 in 206
Michigan#513431 in 246
Washington#511241 in 215
Illinois#523831 in 276
Wyoming#52151 in 188
Colorado#53851 in 237
Florida#531891 in 279
Massachusetts#531691 in 318
Minnesota#551531 in 242
Wisconsin#551691 in 252
Connecticut#57791 in 333
Alaska#58131 in 240
Delaware#59151 in 331
Maryland#62941 in 350
New Mexico#62481 in 244
North Dakota#62241 in 257
California#635571 in 329
Mississippi#631001 in 252
District of Columbia#64411 in 344
Idaho#66251 in 237
Arizona#67531 in 307
Oregon#67561 in 277
Pennsylvania#682701 in 397
Texas#683981 in 283
Nevada#69131 in 296
New Jersey#711381 in 447
Georgia#741631 in 293
New York#773681 in 468
Louisiana#97991 in 401
Hawaii#98191 in 376

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 1964

girls
#2,752
21 births · 1 in 90,231 girls
boys
#49
7,389 births · 1 in 270 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #2,752Roger21

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #49Roger7,389
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 90,231 of them was named Roger, which outranked 64.7% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #2,675Vivien22
  2. #2,675Xiomara22
  3. #2,675Yvetta22
  4. #2,752Roger21
  5. #2,752America21
  6. #2,752Ardith21
  7. #2,752Bella21
  8. #2,825Alesa20
  9. #2,825Angelo20
  10. #2,825Angila20

Tied with 72 names at #2,752; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 270 of them was named Roger, which outranked 98.9% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roger
  1. #46Bruce7,890
  2. #47Mike7,767
  3. #48Craig7,752
  4. #49Roger7,389
  5. #50Tony7,199
  6. #51Steve7,092
  7. #52Jeff6,933
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →