Rodger
Rodger is given masculine name and surname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Rodger
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rodger is given masculine name and surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Rodger
American parents first put Rodger on the record books as a baby boy name in 1891, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1949, when 680 Rodgers were born — ranking #247 that year. About 26% of every Rodger on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Rodger ranks #7,203 for baby boys with 10 births, falling sharply (-35%). All told, over 22K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Rodger
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rodger. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Rodge
- Roger
Names that sound like Rodger
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About the name Rodger
Rodger is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 22K births in the dataset. Rodger's peak popularity came in 1949 when it ranked #242. Use the chart and map above to compare Rodger's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.