Roger was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #22 in 1945 but is far less common today.
Roger is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #834 for boy births in the United States (and #1,702 across all names), given to 297 babies. Roger first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1953 (13,172 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 297 | 297 | — | #834 |
| 2024 | 341 | 341 | — | #749 |
| 2023 | 344 | 344 | — | #760 |
| 2022 | 342 | 342 | — | #750 |
| 2021 | 388 | 388 | — | #685 |
| 2020 | 375 | 375 | — | #685 |
| 2019 | 362 | 362 | — | #695 |
| 2018 | 413 | 413 | — | #637 |
| 2017 | 417 | 417 | — | #627 |
| 2016 | 409 | 409 | — | #645 |
| 2015 | 481 | 481 | — | #579 |
| 2014 | 477 | 477 | — | #584 |
| 2013 | 476 | 476 | — | #556 |
| 2012 | 459 | 459 | — | #564 |
| 2011 | 477 | 477 | — | #536 |
| 2010 | 504 | 504 | — | #510 |
| 2009 | 550 | 550 | — | #497 |
| 2008 | 598 | 598 | — | #462 |
| 2007 | 582 | 588 | — | #468 |
| 2006 | 594 | 594 | — | #456 |
| 2005 | 644 | 650 | — | #417 |
| 2004 | 630 | 637 | — | #413 |
| 2003 | 664 | 664 | — | #394 |
| 2002 | 676 | 676 | — | #386 |
| 2001 | 719 | 719 | — | #369 |
| 2000 | 703 | 703 | — | #372 |
| 1999 | 730 | 737 | — | #358 |
| 1998 | 769 | 769 | — | #347 |
| 1997 | 804 | — | — | #327 |
| 1996 | 957 | — | — | #285 |
| 1995 | 1,001 | — | — | #278 |
| 1994 | 1,071 | — | — | #265 |
| 1993 | 1,138 | — | #13,063 | #253 |
| 1992 | 1,440 | — | — | #214 |
| 1991 | 1,294 | — | — | #231 |
| 1990 | 1,463 | — | #11,100 | #211 |
| 1989 | 1,486 | — | #8,580 | #196 |
| 1988 | 1,594 | — | #5,257 | #180 |
| 1987 | 1,570 | — | #6,670 | #176 |
| 1986 | 1,626 | — | #4,502 | #167 |
| 1985 | 1,720 | — | #5,283 | #160 |
| 1984 | 1,726 | — | #7,970 | #157 |
| 1983 | 1,882 | — | #5,731 | #144 |
| 1982 | 2,178 | — | #6,257 | #127 |
| 1981 | 2,259 | — | #4,904 | #120 |
| 1980 | 2,088 | — | #4,689 | #134 |
| 1979 | 2,042 | — | #4,182 | #132 |
| 1978 | 2,158 | — | #4,627 | #120 |
| 1977 | 2,319 | — | #9,348 | #114 |
| 1976 | 2,485 | — | #3,500 | #103 |
| 1975 | 2,628 | — | #5,422 | #97 |
| 1974 | 2,769 | — | #4,180 | #93 |
| 1973 | 3,175 | — | #3,313 | #84 |
| 1972 | 3,559 | — | #2,573 | #76 |
| 1971 | 4,161 | — | #2,414 | #71 |
| 1970 | 4,623 | — | #2,072 | #61 |
| 1969 | 4,933 | — | #2,495 | #59 |
| 1968 | 5,215 | — | #2,157 | #55 |
| 1967 | 5,765 | — | #1,816 | #53 |
| 1966 | 6,319 | — | #2,557 | #51 |
| 1965 | 6,459 | — | #2,195 | #49 |
| 1964 | 7,410 | — | #2,806 | #49 |
| 1963 | 7,772 | — | #2,241 | #53 |
| 1962 | 9,111 | — | #2,106 | #47 |
| 1961 | 9,691 | — | #1,864 | #47 |
| 1960 | 9,076 | — | #1,946 | #47 |
| 1959 | 8,823 | — | #2,144 | #47 |
| 1958 | 8,391 | — | #2,438 | #47 |
| 1957 | 9,894 | — | #2,107 | #42 |
| 1956 | 10,179 | — | #2,185 | #41 |
| 1955 | 11,003 | — | #2,267 | #37 |
| 1954 | 11,750 | — | #1,826 | #34 |
| 1953 | 13,200 | — | #1,962 | #31 |
| 1952 | 12,171 | — | #1,551 | #30 |
| 1951 | 12,450 | — | #2,009 | #29 |
| 1950 | 12,579 | — | #1,863 | #27 |
| 1949 | 12,855 | — | #1,622 | #25 |
| 1948 | 12,842 | — | #1,995 | #24 |
| 1947 | 12,798 | — | #1,537 | #25 |
| 1946 | 12,442 | — | #1,613 | #23 |
| 1945 | 10,608 | — | #1,329 | #22 |
| 1944 | 10,608 | — | #1,600 | #23 |
| 1943 | 10,816 | — | #1,248 | #24 |
| 1942 | 9,206 | — | #1,466 | #25 |
| 1941 | 8,117 | — | #1,740 | #25 |
| 1940 | 7,625 | — | #1,511 | #26 |
| 1939 | 7,183 | — | #1,416 | #28 |
| 1938 | 6,568 | — | #2,007 | #31 |
| 1937 | 5,734 | — | #1,726 | #36 |
| 1936 | 5,725 | — | #1,585 | #35 |
| 1935 | 5,167 | — | #2,192 | #36 |
| 1934 | 4,785 | — | #1,825 | #39 |
| 1933 | 3,933 | — | #2,036 | #48 |
| 1932 | 3,811 | — | #1,621 | #50 |
| 1931 | 3,651 | — | #1,496 | #53 |
| 1930 | 3,270 | — | #1,651 | #58 |
| 1929 | 2,963 | — | #1,279 | #64 |
| 1928 | 2,799 | — | #1,669 | #71 |
| 1927 | 2,434 | — | #1,664 | #84 |
| 1926 | 2,280 | — | #1,985 | #89 |
| 1925 | 2,112 | — | #2,746 | #90 |
| 1924 | 2,068 | — | #2,642 | #93 |
| 1923 | 1,901 | — | #2,700 | #95 |
| 1922 | 1,862 | — | #2,580 | #96 |
| 1921 | 1,810 | — | #4,379 | #99 |
| 1920 | 1,699 | — | #3,896 | #103 |
| 1919 | 1,309 | — | #2,971 | #124 |
| 1918 | 1,433 | — | #4,212 | #116 |
| 1917 | 1,259 | — | #3,042 | #119 |
| 1916 | 1,094 | — | #3,861 | #129 |
| 1915 | 1,091 | — | #4,838 | #124 |
| 1914 | 816 | — | — | #126 |
| 1913 | 565 | — | — | #138 |
| 1912 | 469 | — | #3,349 | #138 |
| 1911 | 241 | — | — | #139 |
| 1910 | 176 | — | — | #171 |
| 1909 | 128 | — | — | #180 |
| 1908 | 115 | — | — | #186 |
| 1907 | 127 | — | — | #170 |
| 1906 | 94 | — | — | #194 |
| 1905 | 73 | — | — | #225 |
| 1904 | 91 | — | — | #194 |
| 1903 | 86 | — | — | #188 |
| 1902 | 73 | — | — | #210 |
| 1901 | 60 | — | — | #227 |
| 1900 | 81 | — | — | #221 |
| 1899 | 67 | — | — | #199 |
| 1898 | 74 | — | — | #202 |
| 1897 | 58 | — | — | #230 |
| 1896 | 70 | — | — | #215 |
| 1895 | 69 | — | — | #207 |
| 1894 | 58 | — | — | #225 |
| 1893 | 49 | — | — | #254 |
| 1892 | 55 | — | — | #241 |
| 1891 | 55 | — | — | #217 |
| 1890 | 52 | — | — | #232 |
| 1889 | 49 | — | — | #232 |
| 1888 | 47 | — | — | #259 |
| 1887 | 39 | — | — | #259 |
| 1886 | 32 | — | — | #308 |
| 1885 | 27 | — | — | #331 |
| 1884 | 39 | — | — | #277 |
| 1883 | 23 | — | — | #355 |
| 1882 | 32 | — | — | #310 |
| 1881 | 29 | — | — | #305 |
| 1880 | 25 | — | — | #348 |