Roger
Boy · ROJ-er · Germanic
Roger is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous spear”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 832nd for boys in the US (297 babies).
What does Roger mean?
Germanic: Germanic, via Norman French
“famous spear”
Brought to England by the Normans; in radio slang 'Roger' means message received, from the old phonetic alphabet's word for R.
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- ROJ-er
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Is Roger a girl's or a boy's name?
Roger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 297 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roger in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Roger, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Roger in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#67), 1944 (#13), 1954 (#41), 1964 (#61) and 1974 (#96).
Roger in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 24 | #741 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Roger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 297about 1 in 5,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 297 boys in the US were named Roger, making it the 832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 685th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 13,172 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Roger than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Roger in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 297 | #832 |
| 2024 | 341 | #749 |
| 2023 | 344 | #757 |
| 2022 | 342 | #749 |
| 2021 | 388 | #685 |
| 2020 | 375 | #685 |
| 2019 | 362 | #694 |
| 2018 | 413 | #637 |
| 2017 | 417 | #627 |
| 2016 | 409 | #644 |
| 2015 | 481 | #579 |
| 2014 | 477 | #582 |
| 2013 | 476 | #555 |
| 2012 | 459 | #564 |
| 2011 | 477 | #534 |
| 2010 | 504 | #510 |
| 2009 | 550 | #497 |
| 2008 | 598 | #462 |
| 2007 | 582 | #468 |
| 2006 | 594 | #455 |
| 2005 | 644 | #417 |
| 2004 | 630 | #413 |
| 2003 | 664 | #394 |
| 2002 | 676 | #384 |
| 2001 | 719 | #369 |
| 2000 | 703 | #372 |
| 1999 | 730 | #358 |
| 1998 | 769 | #347 |
| 1997 | 804 | #325 |
| 1996 | 957 | #285 |
| 1995 | 1,001 | #278 |
| 1994 | 1,071 | #264 |
| 1993 | 1,132 | #253 |
| 1992 | 1,440 | #214 |
| 1991 | 1,294 | #231 |
| 1990 | 1,456 | #211 |
| 1989 | 1,477 | #196 |
| 1988 | 1,578 | #180 |
| 1987 | 1,559 | #176 |
| 1986 | 1,608 | #167 |
| 1985 | 1,706 | #159 |
| 1984 | 1,718 | #157 |
| 1983 | 1,870 | #144 |
| 1982 | 2,167 | #127 |
| 1981 | 2,244 | #120 |
| 1980 | 2,072 | #134 |
| 1979 | 2,024 | #132 |
| 1978 | 2,143 | #120 |
| 1977 | 2,313 | #114 |
| 1976 | 2,465 | #103 |
| 1975 | 2,617 | #97 |
| 1974 | 2,754 | #93 |
| 1973 | 3,155 | #84 |
| 1972 | 3,531 | #76 |
| 1971 | 4,129 | #71 |
| 1970 | 4,583 | #61 |
| 1969 | 4,905 | #59 |
| 1968 | 5,183 | #55 |
| 1967 | 5,723 | #53 |
| 1966 | 6,296 | #51 |
| 1965 | 6,429 | #49 |
| 1964 | 7,389 | #49 |
| 1963 | 7,743 | #53 |
| 1962 | 9,079 | #47 |
| 1961 | 9,652 | #47 |
| 1960 | 9,041 | #47 |
| 1959 | 8,794 | #47 |
| 1958 | 8,368 | #47 |
| 1957 | 9,866 | #42 |
| 1956 | 10,153 | #41 |
| 1955 | 10,979 | #37 |
| 1954 | 11,717 | #34 |
| 1953 | 13,172 | #31 |
| 1952 | 12,132 | #30 |
| 1951 | 12,425 | #29 |
| 1950 | 12,552 | #27 |
| 1949 | 12,821 | #25 |
| 1948 | 12,818 | #24 |
| 1947 | 12,760 | #25 |
| 1946 | 12,411 | #23 |
| 1945 | 10,571 | #22 |
| 1944 | 10,581 | #23 |
| 1943 | 10,773 | #24 |
| 1942 | 9,174 | #25 |
| 1941 | 8,095 | #25 |
| 1940 | 7,598 | #26 |
| 1939 | 7,155 | #28 |
| 1938 | 6,551 | #31 |
| 1937 | 5,713 | #36 |
| 1936 | 5,702 | #35 |
| 1935 | 5,152 | #36 |
| 1934 | 4,766 | #39 |
| 1933 | 3,917 | #48 |
| 1932 | 3,788 | #50 |
| 1931 | 3,625 | #53 |
| 1930 | 3,246 | #58 |
| 1929 | 2,928 | #64 |
| 1928 | 2,774 | #71 |
| 1927 | 2,408 | #84 |
| 1926 | 2,260 | #89 |
| 1925 | 2,099 | #90 |
| 1924 | 2,054 | #93 |
| 1923 | 1,888 | #95 |
| 1922 | 1,848 | #96 |
| 1921 | 1,803 | #99 |
| 1920 | 1,691 | #103 |
| 1919 | 1,298 | #124 |
| 1918 | 1,426 | #116 |
| 1917 | 1,249 | #119 |
| 1916 | 1,087 | #129 |
| 1915 | 1,086 | #124 |
| 1914 | 816 | #126 |
| 1913 | 565 | #138 |
| 1912 | 464 | #138 |
| 1911 | 241 | #139 |
| 1910 | 176 | #170 |
| 1909 | 128 | #180 |
| 1908 | 115 | #185 |
| 1907 | 127 | #169 |
| 1906 | 94 | #192 |
| 1905 | 73 | #224 |
| 1904 | 91 | #194 |
| 1903 | 86 | #187 |
| 1902 | 73 | #209 |
| 1901 | 60 | #223 |
| 1900 | 81 | #219 |
| 1899 | 67 | #199 |
| 1898 | 74 | #201 |
| 1897 | 58 | #222 |
| 1896 | 70 | #215 |
| 1895 | 69 | #207 |
| 1894 | 58 | #224 |
| 1893 | 49 | #253 |
| 1892 | 55 | #239 |
| 1891 | 55 | #214 |
| 1890 | 52 | #229 |
| 1889 | 49 | #231 |
| 1888 | 47 | #256 |
| 1887 | 39 | #254 |
| 1886 | 32 | #301 |
| 1885 | 27 | #327 |
| 1884 | 39 | #271 |
| 1883 | 23 | #346 |
| 1882 | 32 | #307 |
| 1881 | 29 | #296 |
| 1880 | 25 | #341 |
Nicknames for Roger
- Rog
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