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Baby name
Roger
Boy
Origin of the name
Roger comes from the Old French Rogier, itself from the Germanic Hrodgar, made of hrod, “glory,” and ger, “spear.”
Classic name
442,142births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 31rank at its peak, in 1953
Where babies named Roger are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Roger is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Roger is most common in West Virginia (2.9 times), Maine (2.7) and South Dakota (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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