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How popular is “Roger” in the USA?

Number of people named “Roger” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Roger” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Roger” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Roger” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Roger” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Roger” by birth year

This chart shows how “Roger” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 25 0.000124079 25 -100%
1881 29 0.000150502 29 -100%
1882 32 0.000144448 32 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 39 0.00016019 39 -100%
1885 27 0.000112101 27 -100%
1886 32 0.000125335 32 -100%
1887 39 0.000157645 39 -100%
1888 47 0.000156942 47 -100%
1889 49 0.000169582 49 -100%
1890 52 0.000172528 52 -100%
1891 55 0.000191856 55 -100%
1892 55 0.000164486 55 -100%
1893 49 0.000150666 49 -100%
1894 58 0.000171248 58 -100%
1895 69 0.00019657 69 -100%
1896 70 0.000195813 70 -100%
1897 58 0.000167168 58 -100%
1898 74 0.000193994 74 -100%
1899 67 0.000197504 67 -100%
1900 81 0.000179897 81 -100%
1901 60 0.000173505 60 -100%
1902 73 0.000188761 73 -100%
1903 86 0.000225603 86 -100%
1904 91 0.000225535 91 -100%
1905 73 0.000172201 73 -100%
1906 94 0.000219395 94 -100%
1907 127 0.000272889 127 -100%
1908 115 0.000235343 115 -100%
1909 128 0.000250379 128 -100%
1910 176 0.000297946 176 -100%
1911 241 0.000374062 241 -100%
1912 469 0.000474667 5 464 -98%
1913 565 0.000496874 565 -100%
1914 816 0.000576131 816 -100%
1915 1091 0.000595386 5 1086 -99%
1916 1094 0.000565545 7 1087 -99%
1917 1259 0.000627383 10 1249 -98%
1918 1433 0.000660031 7 1426 -99%
1919 1309 0.000620307 11 1298 -98%
1920 1699 0.000750892 8 1691 -99%
1921 1810 0.000775325 7 1803 -99%
1922 1862 0.0008134 14 1848 -98%
1923 1901 0.000825631 13 1888 -99%
1924 2068 0.00086832 14 2054 -99%
1925 2112 0.000905155 13 2099 -99%
1926 2280 0.000993072 20 2260 -98%
1927 2434 0.001049428 26 2408 -98%
1928 2799 0.001237982 25 2774 -98%
1929 2963 0.001351634 35 2928 -98%
1930 3270 0.001470795 24 3246 -99%
1931 3651 0.001734946 26 3625 -99%
1932 3811 0.001805057 23 3788 -99%
1933 3933 0.001967044 16 3917 -99%
1934 4784 0.002303526 19 4765 -99%
1935 5167 0.002472367 15 5152 -99%
1936 5724 0.002755131 23 5701 -99%
1937 5733 0.002690703 21 5712 -99%
1938 6568 0.002968488 17 6551 -99%
1939 7183 0.0032599 28 7155 -99%
1940 7624 0.003310917 27 7597 -99%
1941 8116 0.00333111 22 8094 -99%
1942 9206 0.003369917 32 9174 -99%
1943 10815 0.003831629 43 10772 -99%
1944 10608 0.003943379 27 10581 -99%
1945 10607 0.003998251 37 10570 -99%
1946 12441 0.003893523 31 12410 -100%
1947 12798 0.003552709 38 12760 -99%
1948 12842 0.003719604 24 12818 -100%
1949 12855 0.003688903 34 12821 -99%
1950 12579 0.003590555 27 12552 -100%
1951 12450 0.003379718 25 12425 -100%
1952 12171 0.003204577 39 12132 -99%
1953 13199 0.00342507 28 13171 -100%
1954 11749 0.002951485 33 11716 -99%
1955 11006 0.002741166 24 10982 -100%
1956 10177 0.002468326 26 10151 -99%
1957 9893 0.002354275 28 9865 -99%
1958 8391 0.0020298 23 8368 -99%
1959 8823 0.002121938 29 8794 -99%
1960 9078 0.002185461 35 9043 -99%
1961 9690 0.00233928 39 9651 -99%
1962 9109 0.002257289 32 9077 -99%
1963 7772 0.001963519 29 7743 -99%
1964 7408 0.001905543 21 7387 -99%
1965 6462 0.0017824 30 6432 -99%
1966 6320 0.001818362 23 6297 -99%
1967 5763 0.001697548 42 5721 -99%
1968 5217 0.001544216 32 5185 -99%
1969 4933 0.001419436 28 4905 -99%
1970 4624 0.001282125 40 4584 -98%
1971 4160 0.001211996 32 4128 -98%
1972 3562 0.001133314 28 3534 -98%
1973 3174 0.001052078 20 3154 -99%
1974 2769 0.000910856 15 2754 -99%
1975 2630 0.000871036 11 2619 -99%
1976 2485 0.00081897 20 2465 -98%
1977 2319 0.00073005 6 2313 -99%
1978 2158 0.000679927 15 2143 -99%
1979 2042 0.000613766 18 2024 -98%
1980 2090 0.000606763 16 2074 -98%
1981 2259 0.000653008 15 2244 -99%
1982 2178 0.000620873 11 2167 -99%
1983 1882 0.000543406 12 1870 -99%
1984 1727 0.000495019 8 1719 -99%
1985 1720 0.000481913 14 1706 -98%
1986 1626 0.000457117 18 1608 -98%
1987 1570 0.000435432 11 1559 -99%
1988 1594 0.000431389 16 1578 -98%
1989 1486 0.000386532 9 1477 -99%
1990 1463 0.000370148 7 1456 -99%
1991 1294 0.000332198 1294 -100%
1992 1440 0.000374876 1440 -100%
1993 1138 0.000301834 6 1132 -99%
1994 1071 0.000288085 1071 -100%
1995 1002 0.000273609 1002 -100%
1996 957 0.000262393 957 -100%
1997 804 0.000221747 804 -100%
1998 769 0.000209069 769 -100%
1999 730 0.000197625 730 -100%
2000 703 0.000185984 703 -100%
2001 719 0.000192072 719 -100%
2002 676 0.000180831 676 -100%
2003 664 0.00017463 664 -100%
2004 630 0.000164882 630 -100%
2005 644 0.000167497 644 -100%
2006 594 0.000150144 594 -100%
2007 582 0.000145584 582 -100%
2008 598 0.000152137 598 -100%
2009 550 0.000143972 550 -100%
2010 504 0.000136373 504 -100%
2011 477 0.000130407 477 -100%
2012 459 0.0001255 459 -100%
2013 476 0.000130566 476 -100%
2014 477 0.000128697 477 -100%
2015 479 0.000129428 479 -100%
2016 409 0.000111484 409 -100%
2017 417 0.000116604 417 -100%
2018 413 0.000117466 413 -100%
2019 362 0.000104295 362 -100%
2020 375 0.000112256 375 -100%
2021 388 0.000114524 388 -100%
2022 342 0.00010109 342 -100%
2023 343 0.000103588 343 -100%
2024 340 0.000102148 340 -100%

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