Rogue
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ROHG
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Unisex
Rogue is a name of English origin, meaning “mischievous rascal”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Rogue mean?
English: English word, from 16th-century slang
“mischievous rascal”
Rogue is a mutant heroine in Marvel's X-Men comics.
Is Rogue a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rogue has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 24 girls and 26 boys in the US.
How popular is Rogue in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Rogue, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 19 girls. 9 boys were also named Rogue in 2025 (2,511th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Rogue than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Rogue in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 73% of the babies named Rogue in the UK in 2014, and 44% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Rogue in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Rogue in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Rogue, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001. 26 boys were also named Rogue in 2025 (4,049th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Rogue than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Rogue in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48% of the babies named Rogue in the US were girls.
Rogue in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Rogue
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Dua Vogue Primrose Maeve Wren Aria Aoife Maeva Orla Coco Pippa
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Rogue: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rogue, updated 20 October 2026.