Roger — #748 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Roger

The Social Security Administration has registered 441,840 babies named Roger between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roger currently holds the #748 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 13,171 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roger performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 110,156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Roger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 28,535 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Roger in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roger 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 441,840 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.