first name
RODGER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,950 people named Rodger, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 7% as Black and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rodger peaked in 1949, when 680 babies got the name.
At least 21,556 babies have been given the name since 1891. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Rodger by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #580. The largest share of babies named Rodger, 47.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rodger is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rodger has been most common in North Dakota (2.6×), Pennsylvania (1.8×), and West Virginia (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.08×).
17,197 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Rodger
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rodger, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rodger ranks #19,300 of 156,621, with 1,405 people. See Rodger as a last name
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