Rogers

Where Rogers comes from

Rogers hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #720 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Rogers Hornsby born
    American baseball player, coach, manager
  3. 1902
    Peak, #475
    20 babies named Rogers — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #783.
  5. 2003
    Rogers Mato born
    Ugandan footballer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Rogers Hornsby · American baseball player, coach, manager, 1896–1963
  • Rogers Mato · Ugandan footballer, born 2003
  • Rogers Morton · American politician, 1914–1979
  • Rogers Brubaker · American sociologist, born 1956
  • Rogers McVaugh · American botanist, 1909–2009

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.