Roosevelt
Mostly boys · ROH-zuh-velt · Germanic
Roosevelt is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “rose field”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Roosevelt mean?
Germanic: Dutch surname
“rose field”
Dutch surname of US Presidents Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, used as a first name in their honour.
- Say it
- ROH-zuh-velt
More on Wiktionary.
Is Roosevelt a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Roosevelt has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 24 boys in the US.
How popular is Roosevelt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Roosevelt, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 1933, with 1,208 boys. It first appears in the records in 1895. 12 girls were also named Roosevelt in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Roosevelt than any year since 1899.
Half of all the boys named Roosevelt in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 3% of the babies named Roosevelt in the US in 1902, and 33% in 2025.
Roosevelt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 62 | #1,882 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 76 | #1,486 |
| 1998 | 54 | #1,830 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,281 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,432 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,147 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,115 |
| 1993 | 125 | #959 |
| 1992 | 126 | #953 |
| 1991 | 132 | #911 |
| 1990 | 144 | #847 |
| 1989 | 160 | #782 |
| 1988 | 148 | #772 |
| 1987 | 150 | #748 |
| 1986 | 141 | #766 |
| 1985 | 157 | #702 |
| 1984 | 170 | #663 |
| 1983 | 140 | #729 |
| 1982 | 159 | #686 |
| 1981 | 164 | #675 |
| 1980 | 207 | #605 |
| 1979 | 189 | #623 |
| 1978 | 164 | #655 |
| 1977 | 202 | #594 |
| 1976 | 207 | #562 |
| 1975 | 200 | #570 |
| 1974 | 220 | #540 |
| 1973 | 203 | #556 |
| 1972 | 230 | #520 |
| 1971 | 258 | #507 |
| 1970 | 288 | #474 |
| 1969 | 259 | #475 |
| 1968 | 297 | #444 |
| 1967 | 292 | #441 |
| 1966 | 305 | #437 |
| 1965 | 353 | #415 |
| 1964 | 394 | #400 |
| 1963 | 440 | #380 |
| 1962 | 422 | #394 |
| 1961 | 428 | #384 |
| 1960 | 473 | #359 |
| 1959 | 469 | #360 |
| 1958 | 494 | #343 |
| 1957 | 585 | #315 |
| 1956 | 608 | #303 |
| 1955 | 588 | #299 |
| 1954 | 609 | #286 |
| 1953 | 587 | #290 |
| 1952 | 594 | #285 |
| 1951 | 557 | #291 |
| 1950 | 584 | #273 |
| 1949 | 607 | #267 |
| 1948 | 596 | #272 |
| 1947 | 553 | #293 |
| 1946 | 517 | #284 |
| 1945 | 566 | #236 |
| 1944 | 567 | #237 |
| 1943 | 611 | #238 |
| 1942 | 608 | #229 |
| 1941 | 647 | #209 |
| 1940 | 635 | #203 |
| 1939 | 586 | #209 |
| 1938 | 663 | #195 |
| 1937 | 680 | #190 |
| 1936 | 738 | #179 |
| 1935 | 758 | #178 |
| 1934 | 1,016 | #149 |
| 1933 | 1,208 | #132 |
| 1932 | 832 | #171 |
| 1931 | 468 | #245 |
| 1930 | 533 | #237 |
| 1929 | 495 | #251 |
| 1928 | 509 | #248 |
| 1927 | 483 | #262 |
| 1926 | 472 | #259 |
| 1925 | 449 | #269 |
| 1924 | 403 | #285 |
| 1923 | 425 | #276 |
| 1922 | 365 | #297 |
| 1921 | 365 | #296 |
| 1920 | 358 | #301 |
| 1919 | 359 | #279 |
| 1918 | 331 | #305 |
| 1917 | 285 | #321 |
| 1916 | 328 | #283 |
| 1915 | 272 | #311 |
| 1914 | 266 | #269 |
| 1913 | 241 | #244 |
| 1912 | 267 | #208 |
| 1911 | 197 | #167 |
| 1910 | 222 | #143 |
| 1909 | 160 | #156 |
| 1908 | 194 | #131 |
| 1907 | 220 | #110 |
| 1906 | 198 | #108 |
| 1905 | 264 | #91 |
| 1904 | 230 | #93 |
| 1903 | 196 | #98 |
| 1902 | 166 | #115 |
| 1901 | 90 | #166 |
| 1900 | 72 | #239 |
| 1899 | 23 | #384 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
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