first name
ROGER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 294,726 people named Roger, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as Black. 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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Roger peaked in 1953, when 13,200 babies got the name.
At least 443,830 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Roger by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #50. The largest share of babies named Roger, 46.1%, 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 Roger is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roger has been most common in West Virginia (2.9×), Maine (2.7×), and South Dakota (2.5×), and least common in Nevada (0.43×).
438,144 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 Roger
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roger, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Roger ranks #10,018 of 156,621, with 3,071 people. See Roger as a last name
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