Roger

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Roger is a masculine given name and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names Roger and Rogier. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements hrลd, ฯ‡rลรพi and gฤr, gฤ“r. The name was introduced into England by the Normans.

From Wikipedia

Roger first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 22 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 138 babies (rank #74 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Roger

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Roger yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,740
Total babies (all years)
22
Years in the data
138
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952113#64
1953103#68
1954102#65
1955103#66
1956110#67
1957105#73
1958110#69
1959100#75
196092#92
1961133#84
1962138#74
196381#90
196467#95
196579#91
196669#95
196767#99
196878#94
196983#95
20141#2,075
20151#2,058
20164#385
20171#2,042