NameTides

Roger

Roger was the #832 boys' name in the US in 2025 (297 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Roger as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Roger as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Roger as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#832 (297)#2,440 (9)——#2,527 (7)—
2024#749 (341)#2,264 (10)——#1,246 (18)—
2023#757 (344)#3,524 (5)——#1,283 (16)—
2022#749 (342)#1,782 (13)——#971 (24)—
2021#685 (388)#2,125 (10)—#631 (4)#1,191 (18)—
2020#685 (375)#1,548 (15)—#556 (5)#878 (27)—
2019#694 (362)#1,986 (11)—#764 (3)#882 (26)—
2018#637 (413)#1,610 (15)——#1,021 (21)—
2017#627 (417)#2,734 (7)—#710 (3)#937 (24)—
2016#644 (409)#1,903 (12)——#1,026 (21)—
2015#579 (481)#2,150 (10)——#847 (27)—
2014#582 (477)#1,721 (13)——#954 (23)—
2013#555 (476)#3,822 (4)——#858 (27)—
2012#564 (459)#1,962 (11)——#996 (21)—
2011#534 (477)#1,600 (14)——#1,211 (16)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1945 at #22.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Roger is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 6,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Roger by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #681FL
Roger (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Roger (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RogerCanadaBoys#2,5277
RogerEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
RogerIrelandBoys—too few
RogerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RogerNSWBoys—too few
RogerScotlandBoys—too few
RogerUSGirls—too few
RogerUSBoys#832297