Roger
Meaning and origin
From English and French Roger. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1789.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Roger (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Roger has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 19,011 |
| 2000 | 19,148 |
| 2001 | 19,266 |
| 2002 | 19,378 |
| 2003 | 19,606 |
| 2004 | 19,671 |
| 2005 | 19,561 |
| 2006 | 19,580 |
| 2007 | 19,550 |
| 2008 | 19,625 |
| 2009 | 19,585 |
| 2010 | 19,512 |
| 2011 | 19,437 |
| 2012 | 19,374 |
| 2013 | 19,306 |
| 2014 | 19,205 |
| 2015 | 19,120 |
| 2016 | 19,024 |
| 2017 | 18,901 |
| 2018 | 18,774 |
| 2019 | 18,681 |
| 2020 | 18,570 |
Roger in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Roger.Hi! My name is Roger.
- Roger har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Roger has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Roger i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Roger this afternoon.
- Rogers mamma är lärare.Roger's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Rogers mamma is Roger's mum.
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How do you pronounce Roger in Swedish?
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What does the name Roger mean?
From English and French Roger. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1789.
How popular is Roger in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Roger in 2022. In 2020, 18,570 people in Sweden had Roger as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.