Rodger
Rodger is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 242nd, in 1946.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1949680 births
- Best rank
- #242in 1946
- Since 1891
- 21,538people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,538 boys have been named Rodger in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1949, with 680 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 680 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 26%. It has spent 76 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rodger | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | |
| 1900s | 51 | |
| 1910s | 380 | |
| 1920s | 883 | |
| 1930s | 1,959 | |
| 1940s | 5,292 | |
| 1950s | 5,503 | |
| 1960s | 3,673 | |
| 1970s | 1,701 | |
| 1980s | 975 | |
| 1990s | 505 | |
| 2000s | 297 | |
| 2010s | 231 | |
| 2020s | 72 |
In 1949, its biggest year
Rodger was the 247th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1949 were James, Robert, John, William and Michael. See all of 1949.
Names that rose and fell with Rodger
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rogerpeak 1953
- Danniepeak 1953
- Sammypeak 1947
- Ronaldpeak 1947
- Waynepeak 1947
- Tommypeak 1947
- Johnnypeak 1947
- Gaylenpeak 1949
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.