Roger

Where Roger comes from

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roger
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #341 among boys — 25 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Roger Martin du Gard born
    French writer
  3. 1942
    Roger Ebert born
    American film critic and author
  4. 1945
    Peak, #22
    10,571 babies named Roger — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #55.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Roger Martin du Gard · French writer, 1881–1958
  • Roger Ebert · American film critic and author, 1942–2013
  • Roger Moore · English actor, 1927–2017
  • Roger Bacon · English polymath, philosopher and friar, 1220–1292
  • Roger Penrose · English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher, born 1931

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.