Rodger — #8313 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rodger

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,538 babies named Rodger between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rodger currently holds the #8313 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 680 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rodger performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5,503 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rodger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,755 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rodger in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rodger in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 21,538 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.