Roper
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROH-per
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Roper is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rope maker”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Roper mean?
English: English occupational surname
“rope maker”
An occupational surname for a maker or seller of rope.
Is Roper a girl's or a boy's name?
Roper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Roper, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Roper in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Roper or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
- Roper 40
- Ropyr 12
Roper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
Names like Roper
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cooper, River, Archer, Xander, Ledger, Ryder, Wilder, Carter, Parker, Colter, Sawyer, Walker
Other spellings of Roper
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Roper: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roper, updated 20 October 2026.