Dodger
Boy · DOJ-er · English
Dodger is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who dodges”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Dodger mean?
English: English word
“one who dodges”
The Artful Dodger is the young pickpocket in Dickens's Oliver Twist; the LA Dodgers' name began with Brooklyn's trolley dodgers.
- Say it
- DOJ-er
Is Dodger a girl's or a boy's name?
Dodger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dodger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Dodger, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Dodger in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dodger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Nicknames for Dodger
- Dodge 9 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Dodger
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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