Roger
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Roger
In the World War II era, Roger had nothing but the most positive associations, actually used by military personnel to mean 'Received and understood'--or A-OK, and though it is now on extended furlough, it does have a long and distinguished history. Introduced to England after the Norman Conquest of 1066, Roger soon became very popular there, with nicknames Hodge and Dodge, and had a long run later in the U.S, remaining in the Top 100 for 55 years.
Roger has an impressive list of notable namesakes, both fictional and real. Roger Chillingworth is a major character in Hawthorne's classic The Scarlet Letter, and the name appears in works by Ben Jonson and Anthony Trollope. In sports, there have been Rogers Maris, Clemens, Bannister and Federer, in entertainment actor Roger Moore and Roger Daltry, lead singer of The Who. And of course, many of us remember Roger Ramjet from our childhoods.
On the dark side, there is the Jolly Roger--a pirate's black flag with skull and crossbones--which a little boy might actually love.
Roger is also given to girls.
Pronounced RAH-jer.
As of October 2026, Roger ranked #834 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #22 in 1945, Nameberry popularity #555.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #583 | 477 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #581 | 479 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #645 | 409 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #627 | 417 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #637 | 413 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #694 | 362 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #685 | 375 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #685 | 388 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #749 | 342 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #760 | 343 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #750 | 340 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #834 | 297 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Roger for boys
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Roger on lists
Famous Rogers
- Roger Meddows TaylorBoy
drummer and singer for the band Queen
- Roger ShermanBoy
American statesman and a Founding Father of the United States
- Roger Keith "Syd" BarrettBoy
lead singer of English band Pink Floyd
- (George) Roger WatersBoy
bassist of English band Pink Floyd
- Roger George MooreBoy
English actor
- Roger Bruce ChaffeeBoy
American astronaut
- Roger Joseph EbertBoy
American film critic
- Roger William CormanBoy
American film director
- Roger FedererBoy
Swiss tennis player
- (William) Roger ClemensBoy
American baseball pitcher
- Roger Thomas StaubachBoy
American NFL football player
- Roger Allen IIIBoy
American NFL football player
- Roger Eugene MarisBoy
American baseball player
- Roger Stokoe GoodellBoy
American NFL commissioner
- (James Joseph) Roger McGuinnBoy
American guitarist for The Byrds
- Roger MaisBoy
Jamaican writer
- Roger David CasementBoy
Irish revolutionary
- Roger Harry DaltreyBoy
lead singer of English band The Who
- Roger Tory PetersonBoy
American ornithologist
- Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado (Torres Castillo Roberto)Boy
British actor
- Roger LiveseyBoy
British actor
- Roger Aníbal Espinoza RamírezBoy
Honduran soccer player
Roger in pop culture
- Dr. Roger Wakefield (Mackenzie)Boy
dashing young Oxford historian in Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" books
- Roger ChillingworthBoy
character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- RogerBoy
alien on TV's "American Dad"
- Duke Roger of ConteBoy
villain in the "Song of the Lioness" series
- Roger DearlyBoy
character in Disney's "101 Dalmatians"
- Roger HamleyBoy
character in Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives and Daughters"
- Roger ParslowBoy
character in "Northern Lights"
- Roger SterlingBoy
character on TV's "Mad Men"
- Roger Murtaugh Sr. and Roger "RJ" Murtaugh Jr.Boy
characters in "Lethal Weapon"
- RogerBoy
character in William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"
- RogerBoy
character in G. A. Henty's "Both Sides the Border"
- Roger DoofenshmirtzBoy
character on animated series "Phineas and Ferb"
- Roger KlotzBoy
character on animated series "Doug"
- Roger EvansBoy
character on TV's "Sister, Sister"
- Roger CallawayBoy
character in movie "It Takes Two"
- RogerBoy
character on TV's "Frasier"
- RogerBoy
character in the "Gone" series by Michael Grant
- Roger HawkshawBoy
main character in G. A. Henty's "By Right of Conquest"
- Roger DavisBoy
one of the main characters from "Rent"
- Roger MaloneBoy
character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
- RogerBoy
robot in "Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures"
- Roger GreenbergBoy
lead character in film "Greenberg"
- Roger Dawson (Roger the Dodger)Boy
Character for the British comic, The Beano