Rogers

Where Rogers comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rogers.

Rogers through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #720 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Rogers Hornsby born
    American baseball player, coach, manager
  3. 1902
    Peak, #475
    20 babies named Rogers, its best rank.
  4. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #783.
  5. 2003
    Rogers Mato born
    Ugandan footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Rogers Hornsby · American baseball player, coach, manager, 1896–1963
  • Rogers Mato · Ugandan footballer, born 2003
  • Rogers Morton · American politician, 1914–1979
  • Rogers Brubaker · American sociologist, born 1956
  • Rogers McVaugh · American botanist, 1909–2009

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.