How rare is the name Roosevelt?

13,325 people in the United States have the first name Roosevelt, about 1 in 22,667. It ranks #2,046 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROOSEVELT

#2,046

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,325
About
1 in 22,667
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,325 people named Roosevelt, 90.1% reported their origin as Black, 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3% as White. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roosevelt peaked in 1933, when 1,225 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18952025
Peak year
1933
Births that year
1,225
In 2025*
36 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 38,024 babies have been given the name since 1895. 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.

Roosevelt by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #359. The largest share of babies named Roosevelt, 32.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1890s#2,08057
1900s#3591,810
1910s#5902,780
1920s#5954,347
1930s#4127,545
1940s#5395,922
1950s#6685,728
1960s#8983,708
1970s#1,2542,161
1980s#1,6451,602
1990s#2,6421,019
2000s#4,922570
2010s#5,360540
2020s#6,641235
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4532.1%
Baby boom 1946–6426.8%
Generation X 1965–8010.2%
Millennials 1981–965.8%
Generation Z 1997–122.5%
2013 and later1.7%

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 Roosevelt is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roosevelt has been most common in Mississippi (12×), South Carolina (6.4×), and Alabama (6×), and least common in Indiana (0.15×).

32,755 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 Roosevelt

#2,044 Ivette · 13,332#2,045 Saundra · 13,329#2,047 Kory · 13,277#2,048 Kirby · 13,276

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roosevelt, most common first.

#17,018 Rosevelt · 655#42,229 Roosvelt · 171

Also a last name

As a last name, Roosevelt ranks #27,027 of 156,621, with 947 people. See Roosevelt as a last name

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