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Roger

Pronounced /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1943 · #1230
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:340 in 2024 (#748)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Roger in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1943 with 43 babies, ranked #1230.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 1,688 girls have been named Roger since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Roger per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 160 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 460 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 565 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 376 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 127 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Roger, CC BY-SA 4.0.