Rodgers
Masculine · “son of Roger”
Rodgers is a surname meaning son of Roger, given as a first name. It belongs to two giants of American music: a Broadway composer and the singing brakeman who helped invent country music.
How old is the name Rodgers?
Rodgers first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Rodgers alive today was born around 1939, making them about 86 years old. About 200 people named Rodgers are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rodgers most popular?
Rodgers peaked in 1911, reaching #1740 nationally. See the whole 1911 chart.
Where it comes from
From Hrodgar to Rodgers
The story of Rodgers
Richard Rodgers wrote the music for Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music with Oscar Hammerstein, after years of songs with Lorenz Hart. Jimmie Rodgers, a railroad brakeman from Mississippi, recorded yodeling blues in the years before the Depression that made him the first great star of country music, and he is still called its father. American families gave the surname to sons as a first name.
Meaning
son of Roger
An English patronymic surname, son of Roger, from the Germanic Hrodgar, fame and spear.
How the name formed
- Hrodgar
- Roger
- Rodgers
Pronouncing Rodgers
RAH-jerz
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Rodgers
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1911
- Most boys named
- 195118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1740reached in 1911
- Change vs 1979
- −16.7%5 in 1981, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rodgerss among us
people named Rodgers are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Rodgers sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It connects to two celebrated musicians.
- Rod is a ready short form.
- People will take it for a surname first.
- It may be written Rogers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rodgerss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Rodgers are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rodgers in 2025?
- Rodgers is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Rodgers with classmates?
- Rodgers will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More R names
The most-given names starting with R, all years combined.
Robert#92 · Richard#234 · Ronald#637 · Ryan#99 · Raymond#394 · Roger#832 · Ralph#1046 · Roy#525
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