Rodger

Rodger was the #5,208 boys' name in the US in 2025 (18 babies).

Rodger as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rodger as a boy’s name, US, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Rodger as a boy’s name, US, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#5,208 (18)———
2024#8,312 (9)———
2023#5,666 (16)———
2022#5,633 (16)———
2021#6,032 (14)———
2020#5,235 (17)———
2019#5,340 (17)———
2018#4,610 (21)———
2017#3,889 (27)———
2016#4,098 (25)———
2015#3,231 (35)———
2014#3,617 (29)———
2013#3,864 (26)———
2012#4,686 (20)———
2011#4,822 (19)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1945 at #242.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Rodger is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 62,000 to 1 in 240,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RodgerCanadaBoys—too few
RodgerIrelandBoys—too few
RodgerScotlandBoys—too few
RodgerUSBoys#5,20818