Meaning not yet researched.
Roosevelt: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 24 in 2025. Its best rank was #91 in 1905.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #91 in 1905; #4,362 in 2025. About 67% of babies named Roosevelt in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,362 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1905, at #91.
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Roosevelt: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 24 boys in 2025. Peak: #91 in 1905 · most boys in one year: 1,208 (1933).
In 2025, 24 US boys were named Roosevelt, making it the 4,362nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 193 places from #4,169 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 26 boys named Roosevelt in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #91, reached in 1905. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,208, in 1933. For comparison, it was #2,520 in 2015 and #273 in 1950.
In 2025, 12 US girls were named Roosevelt, making it the 8,765th most common girls’ name of the year, down 880 places from #7,885 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 14 girls named Roosevelt in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,515, reached in 1905. The most girls given the name in a single year was 17, in 1933. For comparison, it was #16,048 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roosevelt in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1895 with 12 babies. In all, 38,024 US babies have been given the name, 1.0% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 7,545 babies named Roosevelt.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 365 US boys were named Roosevelt; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 55. In 2025 that was about 1 in 71,170 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Rosevelt (3,074 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Roosevelt in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,765 | 24 | #4,362 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,885 | 26 | #4,169 |
| 2023 | — | — | 30 | #3,787 |
| 2022 | 9 | #11,072 | 27 | #4,072 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,170 | 35 | #3,348 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,854 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,212 | 41 | #2,984 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,356 | 45 | #2,740 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,205 | 46 | #2,706 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,314 | 55 | #2,382 |
| 2015 | 6 | #16,048 | 50 | #2,520 |
| 2014 | — | — | 48 | #2,572 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,851 | 39 | #2,942 |
| 2012 | — | — | 48 | #2,589 |
| 2011 | — | — | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2010 | — | — | 60 | #2,205 |
| 2009 | — | — | 54 | #2,397 |
| 2008 | — | — | 58 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | — | — | 65 | #2,112 |
| 2006 | — | — | 63 | #2,096 |
| 2005 | — | — | 48 | #2,422 |
| 2004 | — | — | 47 | #2,411 |
| 2003 | — | — | 62 | #1,901 |
| 2002 | — | — | 59 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | — | — | 60 | #1,863 |
| 2000 | — | — | 54 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | — | — | 76 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | — | — | 54 | #1,847 |
| 1997 | — | — | 89 | #1,293 |
| 1996 | — | — | 72 | #1,441 |
| 1995 | — | — | 99 | #1,155 |
| 1994 | — | — | 102 | #1,125 |
| 1993 | — | — | 125 | #964 |
| 1992 | — | — | 126 | #959 |
| 1991 | — | — | 132 | #917 |
| 1990 | — | — | 144 | #853 |
| 1989 | — | — | 160 | #786 |
| 1988 | — | — | 148 | #777 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,948 | 150 | #748 |
| 1986 | — | — | 141 | #767 |
| 1985 | — | — | 157 | #704 |
| 1984 | — | — | 170 | #664 |
| 1983 | — | — | 140 | #730 |
| 1982 | — | — | 159 | #689 |
| 1981 | — | — | 164 | #676 |
| 1980 | — | — | 207 | #607 |
| 1979 | — | — | 189 | #623 |
| 1978 | — | — | 164 | #657 |
| 1977 | — | — | 202 | #596 |
| 1976 | — | — | 207 | #562 |
| 1975 | — | — | 200 | #571 |
| 1974 | — | — | 220 | #541 |
| 1973 | — | — | 203 | #558 |
| 1972 | — | — | 230 | #521 |
| 1971 | — | — | 258 | #508 |
| 1970 | — | — | 288 | #474 |
| 1969 | — | — | 259 | #475 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,920 | 297 | #445 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,620 | 292 | #443 |
| 1966 | — | — | 305 | #437 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,361 | 353 | #415 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,623 | 394 | #401 |
| 1963 | — | — | 440 | #380 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,794 | 422 | #394 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,729 | 428 | #384 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,251 | 473 | #359 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,954 | 469 | #360 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,297 | 494 | #343 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,153 | 585 | #315 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,759 | 608 | #303 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,316 | 588 | #300 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,458 | 609 | #287 |
| 1953 | — | — | 587 | #290 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,439 | 594 | #285 |
| 1951 | — | — | 557 | #291 |
| 1950 | — | — | 584 | #273 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,901 | 607 | #267 |
| 1948 | — | — | 596 | #273 |
| 1947 | — | — | 553 | #294 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,553 | 517 | #284 |
| 1945 | — | — | 566 | #236 |
| 1944 | — | — | 567 | #238 |
| 1943 | — | — | 611 | #239 |
| 1942 | — | — | 608 | #229 |
| 1941 | — | — | 647 | #209 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,909 | 635 | #203 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,368 | 586 | #209 |
| 1938 | — | — | 663 | #195 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,382 | 680 | #190 |
| 1936 | — | — | 738 | #180 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,688 | 758 | #179 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,706 | 1,016 | #149 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,963 | 1,208 | #132 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,328 | 832 | #171 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,255 | 468 | #246 |
| 1930 | — | — | 533 | #238 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,165 | 495 | #251 |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,122 | 509 | #248 |
| 1927 | — | — | 483 | #263 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,753 | 472 | #259 |
| 1925 | — | — | 449 | #269 |
| 1924 | — | — | 403 | #285 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,581 | 425 | #276 |
| 1922 | — | — | 365 | #297 |
| 1921 | — | — | 365 | #296 |
| 1920 | — | — | 358 | #301 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,721 | 359 | #279 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,727 | 331 | #305 |
| 1917 | — | — | 285 | #321 |
| 1916 | — | — | 328 | #284 |
| 1915 | — | — | 272 | #314 |
| 1914 | — | — | 266 | #269 |
| 1913 | — | — | 241 | #245 |
| 1912 | — | — | 267 | #208 |
| 1911 | — | — | 197 | #168 |
| 1910 | — | — | 222 | #144 |
| 1909 | — | — | 160 | #156 |
| 1908 | — | — | 194 | #131 |
| 1907 | — | — | 220 | #110 |
| 1906 | — | — | 198 | #108 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,515 | 264 | #91 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,830 | 230 | #94 |
| 1903 | — | — | 196 | #98 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,758 | 166 | #116 |
| 1901 | — | — | 90 | #166 |
| 1900 | — | — | 72 | #241 |
| 1899 | — | — | 23 | #391 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #876 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #921 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #965 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #636 |
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).