Boy
Rodger
As a boy's name, Rodger traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Germanic hrod (fame) + ger (spear)". It belongs mostly to the 1950s at this point. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. In total, about 21,414 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
EtymologyVariant of Roger
GermanicGermanic "hrod" (fame) + "ger" (spear)
Births by decade
1900s
51
1910s
380
1920s
883
1930s
1,959
1940s
5,288
1950s
5,506
1960s
3,672
1970s
1,703
1980s
976
1990s
506
2000s
297
2010s
193
Peaked in the 1950s · 21,414 total U.S. births since 1900