Roger has been given to about 443,830 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1953, which makes it a midcentury name.
Roger ranks 834th among American boys in 2025, with 297 born that year. Its best year was 1953, when 13,200 babies were given the name, ranking 31st. The typical living American called Roger is about 70 years old today. It is relatively most common in Nevada, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.