Rodger

#5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births

Peak · boys
1946 · 646 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,556
since 1891

Rodger over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rodger has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #242, 1946boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,20818
2024#8,3129
2023#5,66616
2022#5,63316
2021#6,03214
2020#5,23517
2019#5,34017
2018#4,61021
2017#3,88927
2016#4,09825
2015#3,23135
2014#3,61729
2013#3,86426
2012#4,68620
2011#4,82219
2010#6,69812
2009#4,92219
2008#3,56130
2007#4,01125
2006#3,15334
2005#3,38929
2004#3,36828
2003#4,11420
2002#2,60337
2001#2,38641
2000#2,67434
1999#2,66532
1998#2,45035
1997#2,34735
1996#1,93346
1995#2,10239
1994#1,79548
1993#1,55458
1992#1,49061
1991#1,28276
1990#1,27875
1989#1,29471
1988#1,06687
1987#99691
1986#1,05877
1985#92397
1984#92590
1983#835109
1982#884102
1981#796121
1980#769130
1979#732140
1978#772119
1977#741133
1976#700140
1975#730129
1974#612172
1973#593175
1972#573193
1971#521244
1970#504256
1969#472265
1968#447296
1967#433308
1966#425325
1965#421343
1964#412380
1963#392413
1962#399412
1961#365477
1960#369454
1959#356482
1958#360455
1957#346475
1956#333498
1955#305565
1954#281625
1953#271658
1952#297562
1951#283577
1950#268606
1949#247680
1948#250663
1947#264646
1946#242646
1945#242551
1944#261508
1943#264534
1942#301411
1941#318338
1940#318315
1939#318295
1938#322295
1937#365221
1936#355231
1935#433168
1934#451155
1933#429165
1932#454156
1931#474142
1930#523131
1929#550115
1928#587111
1927#592109
1926#67189
1925#621102
1924#77176
1923#82167
1922#81868
1921#86864
1920#71882
1919#82263
1918#78269
1917#94646
1916#97243
1915#89348
1914#94934
1913#89730
1912#97022
1911#70720
1910#1,5895
1909#1,0209
1908#1,1137
1907#77812
1906#1,1116
1905#1,0027
1904
1903#1,1305
1902
1901
1900#1,3105
1899#9286
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Rodger! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rodger
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,104 spots since 2024 (#8,312#5,208)
  • 27 spots since 2020 (#5,235#5,208)
  • 1,977 spots since 2015 (#3,231#5,208)
  • Biggest jump: 882 spots in 1911 (#1,589#707)
  • Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900 (#928#1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1946 at #242 (646 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1911–1985
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,443
  • Highest: 1 in 2,443 boys born in 1945 were named Rodger (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #242 in 1946, was only 1 in 2,514 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 25.5% of all boys named Rodger (5,503) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s16#928 (1899)#988
1900s51#778 (1907)#1,066
1910s380#707 (1911)#953
1920s883#550 (1929)#702
1930s1,959#318 (1939)#412
1940s5,292#242 (1946)#271
1950s5,503#268 (1950)#310
1960s3,673#365 (1961)#414
1970s1,701#504 (1970)#648
1980s975#769 (1980)#955
1990s505#1,278 (1990)#1,890
2000s297#2,386 (2001)#3,418
2010s231#3,231 (2015)#4,486
2020s90#5,208 (2025)#6,014

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rodger in 1931

boys
#474
142 births · 1 in 7,322 boys

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #474Rodger142
More about 1931

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 7,322 of them was named Rodger, which outranked 89.0% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rodger
  1. #470Dalton145
  2. #470Lenard145
  3. #473Arlen143
  4. #474Rodger142
  5. #474Ernesto142
  6. #474Luke142
  7. #474Orval142
  8. #478Bertram141
  9. #478Dorothy141
  10. #478Frederic141

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1931