Rodger
Rodger was given to 18 boys in 2025, #5,351 among boys’ names; 21,556 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,700 Americans named Rodger and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (59% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 55 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rodger by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rodger mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rodger is “a male given name from the Germanic languages; a spelling variant of Roger reinforced by the surname.”
/ˈɹɒd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rodger?
#5,351 among boys’ names, 2025
Rodger fell from #3,289 in 2015 to #5,351 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 18.3 to 10.5 per million.
680 babies in 1949, the peak
Rodger peaked in 1949, when 680 boys were given it, #247 among boys’ names. The 18 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,351 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,831 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,864 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,815 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,274 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,408 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,509 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,705 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,957 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,173 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | #3,289 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,672 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,940 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,817 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,944 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 12 | #7,007 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 19 | #5,063 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,626 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,094 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,203 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,430 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,433 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,241 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,623 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,416 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,719 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,708 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,489 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,384 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,950 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,126 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,811 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,567 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 61 | #1,496 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,287 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,279 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,300 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 87 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 77 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 97 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 90 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 109 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 102 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 121 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 130 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 140 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 119 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 133 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 140 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 129 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 172 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 175 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 193 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 244 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 256 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 265 | #472 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 296 | #448 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 308 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 325 | #425 | 0.18 |
| 1965 | 343 | #421 | 0.18 |
| 1964 | 380 | #412 | 0.19 |
| 1963 | 413 | #392 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 412 | #399 | 0.20 |
| 1961 | 477 | #365 | 0.22 |
| 1960 | 454 | #370 | 0.21 |
| 1959 | 482 | #356 | 0.23 |
| 1958 | 455 | #361 | 0.21 |
| 1957 | 475 | #346 | 0.22 |
| 1956 | 498 | #333 | 0.24 |
| 1955 | 565 | #305 | 0.27 |
| 1954 | 625 | #281 | 0.31 |
| 1953 | 658 | #271 | 0.33 |
| 1952 | 562 | #297 | 0.29 |
| 1951 | 577 | #283 | 0.31 |
| 1950 | 606 | #268 | 0.34 |
| 1949 | 680 | #247 | 0.38 |
| 1948 | 663 | #250 | 0.38 |
| 1947 | 646 | #265 | 0.35 |
| 1946 | 646 | #242 | 0.40 |
| 1945 | 551 | #243 | 0.41 |
| 1944 | 508 | #261 | 0.37 |
| 1943 | 534 | #264 | 0.37 |
| 1942 | 411 | #301 | 0.30 |
| 1941 | 338 | #318 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 315 | #319 | 0.27 |
| 1939 | 295 | #320 | 0.27 |
| 1938 | 295 | #322 | 0.27 |
| 1937 | 221 | #367 | 0.21 |
| 1936 | 231 | #355 | 0.22 |
| 1935 | 168 | #434 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 155 | #453 | 0.15 |
| 1933 | 165 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 156 | #457 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 142 | #477 | 0.14 |
| 1930 | 131 | #525 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 115 | #552 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 111 | #587 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 109 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 89 | #675 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 102 | #626 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 76 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 67 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 68 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 64 | #875 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 82 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 63 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 69 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 46 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 43 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 48 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 34 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 30 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 22 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 20 | #726 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,796 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,194 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 12 | #805 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,226 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,070 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,274 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,467 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,034 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,097 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rodger a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rodger has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rodger: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rodger, and how old are they?
12,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 59% of the 21,556 Americans ever recorded as Rodger. The median Rodger alive today is 66 years old; half are between 55 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 14,950 people named Rodger (14 women and girls, 14,936 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,553 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,280 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,930 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,180 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 442 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 268 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rodger born?
The states with the most babies named Rodger are California, Pennsylvania and Ohio, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,755 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,666 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 1,344 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 1,208 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 1,105 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 1,072 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 635 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 571 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 569 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 540 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Rodger is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rodger is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rodger with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rodger
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rodger and names like it
- Compare Rodger and RogerBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sRodger peaked in 1949.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rodger since 1910.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Rodger.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rodger alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.