Roosevelt

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 264 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
37,661
since 1895

Roosevelt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #91, 1905boys
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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#8,36212#4,24924
2024#7,59414#4,07226
2023—#3,71230
2022#10,3839#3,99527
2021#9,56210#3,29735
2020#8,40612#3,13636
2019#10,4739#2,94341
2018#7,10016#2,70845
2017#7,84014#2,67246
2016#7,98814#2,36555
2015#14,4826#2,48650
2014—#2,54248
2013#10,23510#2,89539
2012—#2,55148
2011—#2,95039
2010—#2,18760
2009—#2,38154
2008—#2,26558
2007—#2,09465
2006—#2,08263
2005—#2,39948
2004—#2,37647
2003—#1,88562
2002—#1,88859
2001—#1,84160
2000—#1,92454
1999—#1,48976
1998—#1,83354
1997—#1,28489
1996—#1,43472
1995—#1,15199
1994—#1,119102
1993—#962125
1992—#956126
1991—#915132
1990—#851144
1989—#785160
1988—#773148
1987#9,8256#748150
1986—#766141
1985—#702157
1984—#663170
1983—#729140
1982—#686159
1981—#675164
1980—#605207
1979—#623189
1978—#655164
1977—#594202
1976—#562207
1975—#570200
1974—#540220
1973—#556203
1972—#520230
1971—#507258
1970—#474288
1969—#475259
1968#7,0165#444297
1967#6,0426#441292
1966—#437305
1965#5,8176#415353
1964#6,0096#400394
1963—#380440
1962#4,5339#394422
1961#5,3097#384428
1960#5,6966#359473
1959#4,6258#360469
1958#4,8907#343494
1957#3,93010#315585
1956#4,4678#303608
1955#4,0699#299588
1954#5,7535#286609
1953—#290587
1952#4,9086#285594
1951—#291557
1950—#273584
1949#5,2445#267607
1948—#272596
1947—#293553
1946#4,9605#284517
1945—#236566
1944—#237567
1943—#238611
1942—#229608
1941—#209647
1940#4,3495#203635
1939#3,1458#209586
1938—#195663
1937#3,1468#190680
1936—#179738
1935#3,4317#178758
1934#2,56711#1491,016
1933#1,90617#1321,208
1932#3,9016#171832
1931#3,8486#245468
1930—#237533
1929#4,5705#251495
1928#3,7437#248509
1927—#262483
1926#4,3066#259472
1925—#269449
1924—#285403
1923#4,9675#276425
1922—#297365
1921—#296365
1920—#301358
1919#4,2516#279359
1918#4,2916#305331
1917—#321285
1916—#283328
1915—#311272
1914—#269266
1913—#244241
1912—#208267
1911—#167197
1910—#143222
1909—#156160
1908—#131194
1907—#110220
1906—#108198
1905#1,4208#91264
1904#1,6596#93230
1903—#98196
1902#1,5946#115166
1901—#16690
1900—#23972
1899—#38423
1898—#8048
1897—#8527
1896—#9007
1895—#60912
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five boys were named Roosevelt! It came in at #609, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1896–1898, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Roosevelt is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedWVVirginia: #183 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,376 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedKSArkansas: #116 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 541 boysARTennessee: #413 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,378 boysTNNorth Carolina: #171 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,047 boysNCSouth Carolina: #88 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 496 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #147 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 783 boysLAMississippi: #66 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 342 boysMSAlabama: #100 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 510 boysALGeorgia: #104 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 597 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Roosevelt, so not publishedHITexas: #325 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,236 boysTXFlorida: #141 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 733 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#66 · 1 in 342
  2. South Carolina#88 · 1 in 496
  3. Alabama#100 · 1 in 510
  4. Georgia#104 · 1 in 597
  5. Arkansas#116 · 1 in 541

Best ever in a state: #20 in Mississippi, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#66521 in 342
South Carolina#88391 in 496
Alabama#100451 in 510
Georgia#104491 in 597
Arkansas#116301 in 541
Florida#141121 in 733
Louisiana#147221 in 783
North Carolina#171281 in 1,047
Virginia#183161 in 1,376
Texas#325191 in 2,236
Tennessee#41351 in 4,378
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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 Roosevelt
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 177 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #4,249)
  • 1,113 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #4,249)
  • 1,763 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #4,249)
  • Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1899 (#804 → #384)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1896 (#609 → #900)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1905 at #91 (264 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 86 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1903–1905
  • Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1895–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 501
  • Highest: 1 in 501 boys born in 1905 were named Roosevelt (0.20%)
  • Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Roosevelt (7,482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s57#384 (1899)#710
1900s1,790#91 (1905)#131
1910s2,768#143 (1910)#253
1920s4,324#248 (1928)#274
1930s7,482#132 (1933)#189
1940s5,907#203 (1940)#247
1950s5,675#273 (1950)#305
1960s3,663#359 (1960)#413
1970s2,161#474 (1970)#560
1980s1,596#605 (1980)#713
1990s1,019#851 (1990)#1,199
2000s570#1,841 (2001)#2,114
2010s471#2,187 (2010)#2,630
2020s178#3,136 (2020)#3,744

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.

Roosevelt in 1918

girls
#4,291
6 births · 1 in 192,939 girls
boys
#305
331 births · 1 in 3,062 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #4,291Roosevelt6

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #305Roosevelt331
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 192,939 of them was named Roosevelt, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roosevelt
  1. #3,869Zelna7
  2. #3,869Zenia7
  3. #3,869Zonnie7
  4. #4,291Roosevelt6
  5. #4,291Abby6
  6. #4,291Adelphia6
  7. #4,291Affie6
  8. #4,809Abie5
  9. #4,809Adalee5
  10. #4,809Addis5

Tied with 517 names at #4,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,062 of them was named Roosevelt, which outranked 93.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roosevelt
  1. #302Alan333
  2. #302Ed333
  3. #302Hyman333
  4. #305Roosevelt331
  5. #306Dallas330
  6. #307Thaddeus328
  7. #308Clark327
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →