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Rogers

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Rogers is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 484th, in 1902.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1950164 births
Best rank
#484in 1902
Since 1883
7,029people given the name
Babies named Rogers, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

7,029 boys have been named Rogers in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 164 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 164 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1940s alone account for 18%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Rogers
1880s28
1890s85
1900s131
1910s624
1920s1,060
1930s1,113
1940s1,271
1950s1,222
1960s587
1970s353
1980s270
1990s111
2000s88
2010s71
2020s15

In 1950, its biggest year

Rogers was the 527th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1950 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1950.

Names that rose and fell with Rogers

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.