Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rogers is a variant of Roger. An origin associated with Roger is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rogers is a variant of Roger. The history of Roger gives this family its wider story. Roger’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rogers through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,056
- 7,035 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 169 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,727 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,727 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 164 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,284 as a first name in 2020; 289,242 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rogers’s family of names
In English usage, Rogers shares an earlier linguistic root with RUTGERS. Rogers has a related form in Roger. In English usage, Rogers has a related form in RODGERS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rogers
- Rogers HornsbyAmerican baseball player, coach, manager1896–1963
- Rogers MatoUgandan footballerborn 2003
- Rogers MortonAmerican politician (1914-1979)
- Rogers McVaughAmerican botanist (1909–2009)
- Rogers AlbrittonAmerican philosopher and academic1923–2002
- Rogers OfimeNigerian film producerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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