Roper
Roper was the 3079th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2703rd with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,939 places. More babies were named Roper in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,079 boys, up 557 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 40boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202449 babies
- Total since 1880
- 655babies recorded
Roper popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 8 since 2024.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,079 | 40 |
| 2020 | #3,636 | 30 |
| 2010 | #5,682 | 16 |
| 2000 | #8,946 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Roper, counting every spelling?
Roper has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Roper?
40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Roper (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Roper born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 210 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Roper.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Roper?
About 600 people born in the US named Roper are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 4 and 18. That makes Roper a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Roper by state
How common Roper was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.0×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Roper: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Roper, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Roper
How popular is the name Roper?
Roper was the 3079th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2703rd with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,939 places. More babies were named Roper in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Roper a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Roper in the US.
Where is Roper most popular?
In 2021–2025, Roper was most common in Oklahoma (0.21 per 1,000 boys), followed by Mississippi and Missouri.