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 hrōd, χrōþi and gār, gēr. The name was introduced into England by the Normans.

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Roger first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1953 with 13,171 babies (rank #31 that year). In 2024 it was given to 340 boys (rank #750). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Roger

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

443,528
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
13,171
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
188025#348
188129#305
188232#310
188323#355
188439#277
188527#331
188632#308
188739#259
188847#259
188949#232
189052#232
189155#217
189255#241
189349#254
189458#225
189569#207
189670#215
189758#230
189874#202
189967#199
190081#221
190160#227
190273#210
190386#188
190491#194
190573#225
190694#194
1907127#170
1908115#186
1909128#180
1910176#171
1911241#139
1912464#138
1913565#138
1914816#126
19151,086#124
19161,087#129
19171,249#119
19181,426#116
19191,298#124
19201,691#103
19211,803#99
19221,848#96
19231,888#95
19242,054#93
19252,099#90
19262,260#89
19272,408#84
19282,774#71
19292,928#64
19303,246#58
19313,625#53
19323,788#50
19333,917#48
19344,765#39
19355,152#36
19365,701#35
19375,712#36
19386,551#31
19397,155#28
19407,597#26
19418,094#25
19429,174#25
194310,772#24
194410,581#23
194510,570#22
194612,410#23
194712,760#25
194812,818#24
194912,821#25
195012,552#27
195112,425#29
195212,132#30
195313,171#31
195411,716#34
195510,982#37
195610,151#41
19579,865#42
19588,368#47
19598,794#47
19609,043#47
19619,651#47
19629,077#47
19637,743#53
19647,387#49
19656,432#49
19666,297#51
19675,721#53
19685,185#55
19694,905#59
19704,584#61
19714,128#71
19723,534#75
19733,154#85
19742,754#93
19752,619#97
19762,465#103
19772,313#114
19782,143#120
19792,024#132
19802,074#134
19812,244#120
19822,167#127
19831,870#144
19841,719#157
19851,706#159
19861,608#167
19871,559#176
19881,578#180
19891,477#196
19901,456#211
19911,294#231
19921,440#214
19931,132#253
19941,071#264
19951,002#278
1996957#285
1997804#327
1998769#347
1999730#358
2000703#372
2001719#369
2002676#386
2003664#394
2004630#413
2005644#417
2006594#456
2007582#468
2008598#462
2009550#497
2010504#510
2011477#535
2012459#564
2013476#556
2014477#583
2015479#581
2016409#645
2017417#627
2018413#637
2019362#694
2020375#685
2021388#685
2022342#749
2023343#760
2024340#750