Roger

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roger: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roger: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #18 in 1972, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
169times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
15names it appears alongside

What stands out in Roger's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 40 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 15 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 62 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#704
1997	#694
1998	#1000
1999	#973
2000	#1167
2001	#1286
2002	#1253
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1534
2006	#1643
2007	#2435
2008	#1403
2009	#1859
2010	#1620
2011	#1600
2012	#1962
2013	#3822
2014	#1721
2015	#2150
2016	#1903
2017	#2734
2018	#1610
2019	#1986
2020	#1548
2021	#2125
2022	#1781
2023	#3523
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 62 of the 69 years from 1945 to 2013.

In 2021: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2125 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #86 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Roger appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 9,380 births with the name.

Roger across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Roger's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#86 (1945)	#18 (1972)	#514 (2013)	62 of 69	9,380 (1945–2013)	405 (1968)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#113 (1964)	#99 (1965)	#631 (2021)	41 of 58	613 (1964–2021)	37 (1966)
England and Wales · Boys	#704 (1996)	#694 (1997)	#2263 (2024)	29 of 29	349 (1996–2024)	23 (1997)
New Zealand · Boys	#37 (1954)	#37 (1954)	#91 (1972)	19 of 19	2,612 (1954–1972)	194 (1955)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#64 (1952)	#64 (1952)	#84 (1969)	18 of 18	1,663 (1952–1969)	113 (1952)

Roger by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roger in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	397	5 of 10	79
1950s	1,687	10 of 10	169
1960sbusiest	3,167	10 of 10	317
1970s	2,766	10 of 10	277
1980s	1,055	10 of 10	106
1990s	263	10 of 10	26
2000s	40	6 of 10	7
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 317 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1964 and 1965, when recorded births rose by 84, from 287 to 371.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Roger appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 1972.

Roger's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	67	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	69	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	67	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New Zealand	male	#91	79	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#89	86	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#89	80	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#70	113	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#72	107	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#69	110	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#68	107	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#50	146	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#62	130	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#53	157	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#60	130	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#57	147	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#48	171	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#49	163	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#45	168	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#44	164	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#41	169	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#39	194	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#37	191	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#400	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#552	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#356	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#427	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#480	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#419	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#318	13	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#281	16	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#261	18	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#229	24	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#207	30	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#231	26	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#181	37	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#153	46	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#159	45	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#148	49	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#127	64	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#127	61	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#73	102	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#106	80	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#78	96	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#56	136	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#60	136	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#51	156	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#44	175	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#43	187	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#40	190	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#32	214	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#34	221	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#30	254	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#31	286	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#22	320	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#18	390	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#24	341	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#24	363	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#19	403	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#20	405	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#25	347	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#23	381	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#22	371	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#33	287	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#37	255	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#37	255	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#40	226	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#36	237	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#37	229	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#40	208	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#40	222	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#43	204	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#46	197	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#52	162	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#53	153	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#68	114	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#68	109	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#82	89	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#79	87	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#83	79	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#88	79	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#88	79	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#86	73	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	17	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	12	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	15	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	20	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	31	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	24	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	24	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	27	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	22	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	31	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	26	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	30	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	27	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	30	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	25	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	20	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	19	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	37	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	35	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2024, ranked in 80 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 1972.

It held a top-100 place in 41 years, 40 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 405 births, registered in Norway in 1968.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1952, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Roen · #478, 14y
Rogan · #234, 28y
Rogue · #1586, 16y
Roha · #2721, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alfred · #18, 78y
Eileen · #17, 79y
Kirsten · #20, 80y
Lena · #20, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alfred · #18, 78y
Grete · #18, 64y
Hugo · #18, 81y
Jorunn · #18, 72y

Comparisons involving Roger

Existing comparison pages where Roger and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Roger in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Luke vs Roger
In 1964 they stood at #105 and #113 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 8 places apart; by 2021 they were #18 and #631.
Luke · Roger · 41 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking
Alexander vs Roger
In 1964 they stood at #116 and #113 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 3 places apart; by 2021 they were #43 and #631.
Alexander · Roger · 41 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking
Samuel vs Roger
In 1964 they stood at #119 and #113 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 6 places apart; by 2021 they were #75 and #631.
Samuel · Roger · 41 shared years, 1964–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Roger and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Dean vs Roger
In New Zealand · Boys, Dean moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1961 as Roger fell out of it to #57, having been #48 the year before.
Dean · Roger · 17 shared years, 1956–1972 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1961 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Roger measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Roger at its highest position.

Martin vs Roger
In 1945 they stood at #83 and #86 in Norway · Boys, 3 places apart; by 2013 they were #27 and #514.
Martin · Roger · 62 shared years, 1945–2013 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2013 Norway ranking
Kristian vs Roger
In 1945 they stood at #79 and #86 in Norway · Boys, 7 places apart; by 2013 they were #40 and #514.
Kristian · Roger · 62 shared years, 1945–2013 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2013 Norway ranking
Ronny vs Roger
Ronny and Roger changed places 18 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2005, ending at #555 and #400.
Ronny · Roger · 60 shared years, 1945–2005 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2005 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Roger was ranked #18 in Norway · Boys in 1972. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roger and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roger without appearing here.

Roger moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Roger

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Andrea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #2007.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Roger

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 while Aksel went from #174 to #18.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 while Andreas went from #140 to #26.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 while Christian went from #161 to #72.
David Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 while David went from #167 to #47.

Moved the same way as Roger

Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 and Arne from #6 to #169.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 and Bjørn from #3 to #111.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 and Dag from #48 to #430.
Egil Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Roger went from #86 to #514 and Egil from #25 to #387.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roger

Roger at a glance

What stands out in Roger's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roger across 5 official records

Roger by decade in Norway · Boys

Roger appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Roger

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Roger

Roger and the names beside it

Roger moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Roger

Moved the opposite way to Roger

Moved the same way as Roger

Roger at a glance

What stands out in Roger's record

Roger across 5 official records

Roger by decade in Norway · Boys

Roger appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Roger

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Roger

Roger and the names beside it

Roger moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Roger

Moved the opposite way to Roger

Moved the same way as Roger