Given name & surname
Roper
“one who makes rope”
Roper is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who makes rope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who makes rope.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roper through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 655
- 647 boys · 8 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 40
- #3,079 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +92%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 40 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,079 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 84.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 425 as a first name in 2020; 19,255 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.
Roper’s family of names
Roper has a related form in Rapere. In Greek usage, Roper as a surname is a transliteration of Ρόπερ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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