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Boys' name · peaked in 1945

Roger name popularity since 1925

424,160 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Roger. Half of them were born in 1953 or earlier, so the typical Roger is about 73 years old in 2026. Roger peaked in 1945 as the #22 name for boys, and it ranked #834 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
424,160
Named Roger, 1925–2025
Peak year
1945
#22 for boys that year
Typical age
About 73
Median birth year 1953
In 2025
#834
for boys in 2025 (297 babies)
Girls / boys
99.6% boys
1,587 girls · 422,573 boys
Most popular in
West Virginia
3.15× its national share

Peak year is the year Roger made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Roger births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Roger per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1953. Measured as a share of all babies, Roger peaked in 1945.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1926 and 1931, Roger became 1.7× more common.
  • Steepest fall: Between 1953 and 1958, its share of baby boys fell by 41%, from 1 in 150 to 1 in 254.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Roger's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Roger.

Decade by decade

Babies named Roger in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 11912,469 –
1930s 21249,615 #36
1940s 315107,602 #22
1950s 282110,158 #37
1960s 31171,440 #49
1970s 20529,714 #97
1980s 13017,999 #160
1990s 1310,654 #278
2000s 06,360 #417
2010s 04,475 #579
2020–25 02,087 #834

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

48.2% of babies named Roger from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Roger by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 1.6% Silent Generation born 1928–45 26.5% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 48.2% Gen X born 1965–80 14.3% Millennials born 1981–96 5.8% Gen Z born 1997–2012 2.4% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 1.2%

Where Roger is most popular

The index compares Roger's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Roger.

StateIndexBabies
West Virginia3.15×11,809
Maine2.65×4,816
South Dakota2.63×3,569
North Dakota2.40×3,227
Vermont2.27×1,614

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Roger's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Roger.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Roger (1945).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data