Roper
Recorded 1992–2025 · United States
Roper was most popular in 2024, when 57 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,129 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 655 people named Roper.
Roper over time
How old is the name Roper?
Roper first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1992, which makes it about 33 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 32 of the 34 years since.
How many people are named Roper?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 655 American births named Roper between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 648 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Roper in 2025?
40 American babies were named Roper in 2025, ranking #6,507 that year.
Is Roper getting more or less popular?
Roper is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 43 births a year, against 23 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +87% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Roper a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Roper is a boy’s name — 1.2% of the 655 Americans given it were girls and 98.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Roper?
Roughly 648 Americans named Roper are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 4 and 18.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Roper is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org