# Rodger (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rodger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Roddy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,556 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,556 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,946 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,822 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,942 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,674 |
| 2015 | 35 | 3,290 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,174 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,961 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,709 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,513 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,412 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,279 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,819 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,869 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,836 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,353 |

## People named Rodger

- Rodger Bumpass, American actor
- Rodger Ward, American racecar driver
- Rodger Corser, Australian actor and television presenter
- Rodger Doxsey, American astronomer (1947–2009)
- Rodger Saffold, American football player (born 1988)
- Rodger Bain, British record producer
- Cliff Richard, British singer (born 1940)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.