Meaning not yet researched.
Roger: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 297 in 2025. Its best rank was #22 in 1945.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #22 in 1945; #834 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Roger in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#834 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1945, at #22.
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Roger: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 297 boys in 2025. Peak: #22 in 1945 · most boys in one year: 13,172 (1953).
In 2025, 297 US boys were named Roger, making it the 834th most common boys’ name of the year, down 85 places from #749 in 2024. That is 44 fewer than the 341 boys named Roger in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #22, reached in 1945. The most boys given the name in a single year was 13,172, in 1953. For comparison, it was #579 in 2015 and #27 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roger in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 25 babies with the name. In all, 443,830 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 110,440 babies named Roger.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,688 US boys were named Roger; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 417. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,751 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Roger ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #569 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rodger (21,556 babies since 1880), Rogers (7,056 babies since 1880) and Ruger (2,368 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rogerio, Rutger and Rueger are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bobby, Hodge, Rod, Rodger and Roge.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan, Dutch, English, French and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rogerio (534), Rutger (274), Rueger (56), Rogel (10), Rogar (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #569 | #790 |
| Nevada | 5 | #580 | #563 |
| Oregon | 6 | #588 | #537 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #616 | #550 |
| Michigan | 13 | #635 | #478 |
| Florida | 23 | #698 | #574 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #771 | #499 |
| California | 34 | #774 | #529 |
| Georgia | 12 | #781 | #613 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #783 | — |
| Utah | 5 | #791 | #754 |
| Colorado | 6 | #831 | — |
| Texas | 32 | #840 | #457 |
| Illinois | 10 | #860 | #595 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #864 | #476 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #911 | #702 |
| Ohio | 9 | #925 | #642 |
| Missouri | 5 | #972 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #978 | #921 |
| New York | 13 | #980 | #565 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,051 | #710 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,158 | #583 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 297 | #834 |
| 2024 | — | — | 341 | #749 |
| 2023 | — | — | 344 | #760 |
| 2022 | — | — | 342 | #750 |
| 2021 | — | — | 388 | #685 |
| 2020 | — | — | 375 | #685 |
| 2019 | — | — | 362 | #695 |
| 2018 | — | — | 413 | #637 |
| 2017 | — | — | 417 | #627 |
| 2016 | — | — | 409 | #645 |
| 2015 | — | — | 481 | #579 |
| 2014 | — | — | 477 | #584 |
| 2013 | — | — | 476 | #556 |
| 2012 | — | — | 459 | #564 |
| 2011 | — | — | 477 | #536 |
| 2010 | — | — | 504 | #510 |
| 2009 | — | — | 550 | #497 |
| 2008 | — | — | 598 | #462 |
| 2007 | — | — | 582 | #468 |
| 2006 | — | — | 594 | #456 |
| 2005 | — | — | 644 | #417 |
| 2004 | — | — | 630 | #413 |
| 2003 | — | — | 664 | #394 |
| 2002 | — | — | 676 | #386 |
| 2001 | — | — | 719 | #369 |
| 2000 | — | — | 703 | #372 |
| 1999 | — | — | 730 | #358 |
| 1998 | — | — | 769 | #347 |
| 1997 | — | — | 804 | #327 |
| 1996 | — | — | 957 | #285 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,001 | #278 |
| 1994 | — | — | 1,071 | #265 |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,063 | 1,132 | #253 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,440 | #214 |
| 1991 | — | — | 1,294 | #231 |
| 1990 | 7 | #11,100 | 1,456 | #211 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,580 | 1,477 | #196 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,257 | 1,578 | #180 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,670 | 1,559 | #176 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,502 | 1,608 | #167 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,283 | 1,706 | #160 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,970 | 1,718 | #157 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,731 | 1,870 | #144 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,257 | 2,167 | #127 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,904 | 2,244 | #120 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,689 | 2,072 | #134 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,182 | 2,024 | #132 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,627 | 2,143 | #120 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,348 | 2,313 | #114 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,500 | 2,465 | #103 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,422 | 2,617 | #97 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,180 | 2,754 | #93 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,313 | 3,155 | #84 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,573 | 3,531 | #76 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,414 | 4,129 | #71 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,072 | 4,583 | #61 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,495 | 4,905 | #59 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,157 | 5,183 | #55 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,816 | 5,723 | #53 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,557 | 6,296 | #51 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,195 | 6,429 | #49 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,806 | 7,389 | #49 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,241 | 7,743 | #53 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,106 | 9,079 | #47 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,864 | 9,652 | #47 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,946 | 9,041 | #47 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,144 | 8,794 | #47 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,438 | 8,368 | #47 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,107 | 9,866 | #42 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,185 | 10,153 | #41 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,267 | 10,979 | #37 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,826 | 11,717 | #34 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,962 | 13,172 | #31 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,551 | 12,132 | #30 |
| 1951 | 25 | #2,009 | 12,425 | #29 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,863 | 12,552 | #27 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,622 | 12,821 | #25 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,995 | 12,818 | #24 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,537 | 12,760 | #25 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,613 | 12,411 | #23 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,329 | 10,571 | #22 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,600 | 10,581 | #23 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,248 | 10,773 | #24 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,466 | 9,174 | #25 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,740 | 8,095 | #25 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,511 | 7,598 | #26 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,416 | 7,155 | #28 |
| 1938 | 17 | #2,007 | 6,551 | #31 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,726 | 5,713 | #36 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,585 | 5,702 | #35 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,192 | 5,152 | #36 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,825 | 4,766 | #39 |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,036 | 3,917 | #48 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,621 | 3,788 | #50 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,496 | 3,625 | #53 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,651 | 3,246 | #58 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,279 | 2,928 | #64 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,669 | 2,774 | #71 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,664 | 2,408 | #84 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,985 | 2,260 | #89 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,746 | 2,099 | #90 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,642 | 2,054 | #93 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,700 | 1,888 | #95 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,580 | 1,848 | #96 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,379 | 1,803 | #99 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,896 | 1,691 | #103 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,971 | 1,298 | #124 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,212 | 1,426 | #116 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,042 | 1,249 | #119 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,861 | 1,087 | #129 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,838 | 1,086 | #124 |
| 1914 | — | — | 816 | #126 |
| 1913 | — | — | 565 | #138 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,349 | 464 | #138 |
| 1911 | — | — | 241 | #139 |
| 1910 | — | — | 176 | #171 |
| 1909 | — | — | 128 | #180 |
| 1908 | — | — | 115 | #186 |
| 1907 | — | — | 127 | #170 |
| 1906 | — | — | 94 | #194 |
| 1905 | — | — | 73 | #225 |
| 1904 | — | — | 91 | #194 |
| 1903 | — | — | 86 | #188 |
| 1902 | — | — | 73 | #210 |
| 1901 | — | — | 60 | #227 |
| 1900 | — | — | 81 | #221 |
| 1899 | — | — | 67 | #199 |
| 1898 | — | — | 74 | #202 |
| 1897 | — | — | 58 | #230 |
| 1896 | — | — | 70 | #215 |
| 1895 | — | — | 69 | #207 |
| 1894 | — | — | 58 | #225 |
| 1893 | — | — | 49 | #254 |
| 1892 | — | — | 55 | #241 |
| 1891 | — | — | 55 | #217 |
| 1890 | — | — | 52 | #232 |
| 1889 | — | — | 49 | #232 |
| 1888 | — | — | 47 | #259 |
| 1887 | — | — | 39 | #259 |
| 1886 | — | — | 32 | #308 |
| 1885 | — | — | 27 | #331 |
| 1884 | — | — | 39 | #277 |
| 1883 | — | — | 23 | #355 |
| 1882 | — | — | 32 | #310 |
| 1881 | — | — | 29 | #305 |
| 1880 | — | — | 25 | #348 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).