Boy
Roger
As a boy's name, Roger traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Famous spearman". It was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
GermanicFamous spearman
Old GermanRenowned spear
Births by decade
1900s
928
1910s
8,454
1920s
21,928
1930s
49,819
1940s
107,899
1950s
110,385
1960s
71,755
1970s
29,942
1980s
18,128
1990s
10,665
2000s
6,356
2010s
3,689
Peaked in the 1950s · 439,948 total U.S. births since 1900