# Roger (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roger/  
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 | “fame-spear” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Rog |
| Variant spellings | Rodger |
| US babies named this | 443,830 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 442,142 / 1,688 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 358, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 9,348 |
| 1978 | 15 | 4,627 |
| 1979 | 18 | 4,182 |
| 1980 | 16 | 4,689 |
| 1981 | 15 | 4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | 6,257 |
| 1983 | 12 | 5,731 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,970 |
| 1985 | 14 | 5,283 |
| 1986 | 18 | 4,502 |
| 1987 | 11 | 6,670 |
| 1988 | 16 | 5,257 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | 11,100 |
| 1993 | 6 | 13,063 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 477 | 536 |
| 2012 | 459 | 564 |
| 2013 | 476 | 556 |
| 2014 | 477 | 584 |
| 2015 | 481 | 579 |
| 2016 | 409 | 645 |
| 2017 | 417 | 627 |
| 2018 | 413 | 637 |
| 2019 | 362 | 695 |
| 2020 | 375 | 685 |
| 2021 | 388 | 685 |
| 2022 | 342 | 750 |
| 2023 | 344 | 760 |
| 2024 | 341 | 749 |
| 2025 | 297 | 834 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Roger
- Chinese: 羅傑 /罗杰
- Dutch: Rogier, Rutger
- Esperanto: Roĝero
- Finnish: Roger
- French: Roger
- German: Rutger, Rüdiger
- Greek: Ρογήρος, Ρότζερ
- Icelandic: Hróðgeir
- Italian: Ruggero
- Japanese: ロジャー
- Latin: Rogerius
- Norwegian: Roar, Roger
- Polish: Roger
- Portuguese: Rogério
- Russian: Ро́джер
- Slovene: Rogerij
- Spanish: Rogelio
- Swedish: Roger

## People named Roger

- Roger Ebert, American film critic and author (1942–2013)
- Roger Martin du Gard, French writer (1881–1958)
- Roger Moore, English actor (1927–2017)
- Roger Bacon, English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
- Roger Penrose, English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
- Roger Waters, English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
- Roger Taylor, English musician, drummer of Queen (born 1949)
- Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist
- Roger Y. Tsien, American biochemist (1952-2016)
- Roger Guillemin, French-American neuroscientist (1924–2024)
- Roger Scruton, English conservative philosopher and writer (1944–2020)
- Roger Garaudy, French philosopher, politician and Holocaust denier (1913-2012)

## 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.