Roosevelt
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 264 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 37,661since 1895
Roosevelt over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | — | #3,712 | 30 | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #3,297 | 35 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #3,136 | 36 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #2,943 | 41 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #2,708 | 45 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #2,365 | 55 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | — | #2,542 | 48 | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | — | #2,551 | 48 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,950 | 39 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,187 | 60 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,381 | 54 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,265 | 58 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,094 | 65 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,082 | 63 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,399 | 48 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,376 | 47 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,885 | 62 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,888 | 59 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,841 | 60 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,489 | 76 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,833 | 54 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,284 | 89 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,434 | 72 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,151 | 99 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,119 | 102 | |
| 1993 | — | #962 | 125 | |
| 1992 | — | #956 | 126 | |
| 1991 | — | #915 | 132 | |
| 1990 | — | #851 | 144 | |
| 1989 | — | #785 | 160 | |
| 1988 | — | #773 | 148 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #748 | 150 |
| 1986 | — | #766 | 141 | |
| 1985 | — | #702 | 157 | |
| 1984 | — | #663 | 170 | |
| 1983 | — | #729 | 140 | |
| 1982 | — | #686 | 159 | |
| 1981 | — | #675 | 164 | |
| 1980 | — | #605 | 207 | |
| 1979 | — | #623 | 189 | |
| 1978 | — | #655 | 164 | |
| 1977 | — | #594 | 202 | |
| 1976 | — | #562 | 207 | |
| 1975 | — | #570 | 200 | |
| 1974 | — | #540 | 220 | |
| 1973 | — | #556 | 203 | |
| 1972 | — | #520 | 230 | |
| 1971 | — | #507 | 258 | |
| 1970 | — | #474 | 288 | |
| 1969 | — | #475 | 259 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #444 | 297 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #441 | 292 |
| 1966 | — | #437 | 305 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #415 | 353 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #400 | 394 |
| 1963 | — | #380 | 440 | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #394 | 422 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #384 | 428 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #359 | 473 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #360 | 469 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #343 | 494 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #315 | 585 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #303 | 608 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #299 | 588 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #286 | 609 |
| 1953 | — | #290 | 587 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #285 | 594 |
| 1951 | — | #291 | 557 | |
| 1950 | — | #273 | 584 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #267 | 607 |
| 1948 | — | #272 | 596 | |
| 1947 | — | #293 | 553 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #284 | 517 |
| 1945 | — | #236 | 566 | |
| 1944 | — | #237 | 567 | |
| 1943 | — | #238 | 611 | |
| 1942 | — | #229 | 608 | |
| 1941 | — | #209 | 647 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #203 | 635 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #209 | 586 |
| 1938 | — | #195 | 663 | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #190 | 680 |
| 1936 | — | #179 | 738 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #178 | 758 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #149 | 1,016 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | #132 | 1,208 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #171 | 832 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #245 | 468 |
| 1930 | — | #237 | 533 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #251 | 495 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #248 | 509 |
| 1927 | — | #262 | 483 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #259 | 472 |
| 1925 | — | #269 | 449 | |
| 1924 | — | #285 | 403 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #276 | 425 |
| 1922 | — | #297 | 365 | |
| 1921 | — | #296 | 365 | |
| 1920 | — | #301 | 358 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #279 | 359 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #305 | 331 |
| 1917 | — | #321 | 285 | |
| 1916 | — | #283 | 328 | |
| 1915 | — | #311 | 272 | |
| 1914 | — | #269 | 266 | |
| 1913 | — | #244 | 241 | |
| 1912 | — | #208 | 267 | |
| 1911 | — | #167 | 197 | |
| 1910 | — | #143 | 222 | |
| 1909 | — | #156 | 160 | |
| 1908 | — | #131 | 194 | |
| 1907 | — | #110 | 220 | |
| 1906 | — | #108 | 198 | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #91 | 264 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #93 | 230 |
| 1903 | — | #98 | 196 | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #115 | 166 |
| 1901 | — | #166 | 90 | |
| 1900 | — | #239 | 72 | |
| 1899 | — | #384 | 23 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Roosevelt! It came in at #609, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1898, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
See more about Roosevelt
- 177 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #4,249)
- 1,113 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #4,249)
- 1,763 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1899 (#804 → #384)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1896 (#609 → #900)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1905 at #91 (264 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 86 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1903–1905
- Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1895–1993
- Highest: 1 in 501 boys born in 1905 were named Roosevelt (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Roosevelt (7,482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 57 | #384 (1899) | #710 |
| 1900s | 1,790 | #91 (1905) | #131 |
| 1910s | 2,768 | #143 (1910) | #253 |
| 1920s | 4,324 | #248 (1928) | #274 |
| 1930s | 7,482 | #132 (1933) | #189 |
| 1940s | 5,907 | #203 (1940) | #247 |
| 1950s | 5,675 | #273 (1950) | #305 |
| 1960s | 3,663 | #359 (1960) | #413 |
| 1970s | 2,161 | #474 (1970) | #560 |
| 1980s | 1,596 | #605 (1980) | #713 |
| 1990s | 1,019 | #851 (1990) | #1,199 |
| 2000s | 570 | #1,841 (2001) | #2,114 |
| 2010s | 471 | #2,187 (2010) | #2,630 |
| 2020s | 178 | #3,136 (2020) | #3,744 |
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.
Roosevelt in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Roosevelt, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 2,173 of them was named Roosevelt, which outranked 94.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.