Rodger
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Rodger is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Rodger mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages; a spelling variant of Roger reinforced by the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rodger a girl's or a boy's name?
Rodger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rodger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Rodger, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1949, with 680 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
2025 had more boys named Rodger than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Rodger in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rodger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,929 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,790 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 61 | #1,485 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,276 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,273 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,289 |
| 1988 | 87 | #1,064 |
| 1987 | 91 | #995 |
| 1986 | 77 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 97 | #923 |
| 1984 | 90 | #925 |
| 1983 | 109 | #835 |
| 1982 | 102 | #884 |
| 1981 | 121 | #796 |
| 1980 | 130 | #769 |
| 1979 | 140 | #732 |
| 1978 | 119 | #772 |
| 1977 | 133 | #741 |
| 1976 | 140 | #700 |
| 1975 | 129 | #730 |
| 1974 | 172 | #612 |
| 1973 | 175 | #593 |
| 1972 | 193 | #573 |
| 1971 | 244 | #521 |
| 1970 | 256 | #504 |
| 1969 | 265 | #472 |
| 1968 | 296 | #447 |
| 1967 | 308 | #433 |
| 1966 | 325 | #425 |
| 1965 | 343 | #421 |
| 1964 | 380 | #412 |
| 1963 | 413 | #392 |
| 1962 | 412 | #399 |
| 1961 | 477 | #365 |
| 1960 | 454 | #369 |
| 1959 | 482 | #356 |
| 1958 | 455 | #360 |
| 1957 | 475 | #346 |
| 1956 | 498 | #333 |
| 1955 | 565 | #305 |
| 1954 | 625 | #281 |
| 1953 | 658 | #271 |
| 1952 | 562 | #297 |
| 1951 | 577 | #283 |
| 1950 | 606 | #268 |
| 1949 | 680 | #247 |
| 1948 | 663 | #250 |
| 1947 | 646 | #264 |
| 1946 | 646 | #242 |
| 1945 | 551 | #242 |
| 1944 | 508 | #261 |
| 1943 | 534 | #264 |
| 1942 | 411 | #301 |
| 1941 | 338 | #318 |
| 1940 | 315 | #318 |
| 1939 | 295 | #318 |
| 1938 | 295 | #322 |
| 1937 | 221 | #365 |
| 1936 | 231 | #355 |
| 1935 | 168 | #433 |
| 1934 | 155 | #451 |
| 1933 | 165 | #429 |
| 1932 | 156 | #454 |
| 1931 | 142 | #474 |
| 1930 | 131 | #523 |
| 1929 | 115 | #550 |
| 1928 | 111 | #587 |
| 1927 | 109 | #592 |
| 1926 | 89 | #671 |
| 1925 | 102 | #621 |
| 1924 | 76 | #771 |
| 1923 | 67 | #821 |
| 1922 | 68 | #818 |
| 1921 | 64 | #868 |
| 1920 | 82 | #718 |
| 1919 | 63 | #822 |
| 1918 | 69 | #782 |
| 1917 | 46 | #946 |
| 1916 | 43 | #972 |
| 1915 | 48 | #893 |
| 1914 | 34 | #949 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 20 | #707 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
Names like Rodger
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roger Richard Robert Peter Raymond Robin Rudy Ronald Roland Russell Walter Kenneth
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rodger: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rodger, updated 20 October 2026.