Rodgers — boys' name
541 babies named Rodgers in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Rodgers was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Rodgers in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rodgers
The Social Security Administration has registered 541 babies named Rodgers between 1911 and 1981, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rodgers currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rodgers performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rodgers shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rodgers in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rodgers 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 541 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.
Rodgers at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rodgers popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1911
- Peak year (1951)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
541 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 18 births in a single year.
Rodgers by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 105 births that decade — 19% of Rodgers's all-time total
Rodgers decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rodgers's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Rodgers by state
Where Rodgers concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 3.0% |
16 of 541 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.