Roe*
#4,481 most common boys' name of all time · #11,005 across all names · 81% boys / 19% girls · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,481
Rank overall
#11,005 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
1,119
Since 2016
202
Peak year
2023 #6,231
Best rank
#652 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Roe first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #8,927 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #8,327 |
| 2023 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #6,231 |
| 2022 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #6,838 |
| 2021 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #7,603 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,575 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2018 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #5,778 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #7,563 |
| 2016 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #8,838 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,845 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,657 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,887 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,837 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,270 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,146 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,072 |
| 1961 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,564 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,553 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,601 |
| 1957 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,845 |
| 1956 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #3,980 |
| 1955 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,588 |
| 1954 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,614 |
| 1953 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,974 |
| 1952 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #2,705 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,264 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,726 |
| 1949 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,360 |
| 1948 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,471 |
| 1947 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #2,188 |
| 1946 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,289 |
| 1945 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,034 |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,908 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,299 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,256 |
| 1941 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,102 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,979 |
| 1938 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,710 |
| 1936 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,204 |
| 1935 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,858 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,414 |
| 1933 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,506 |
| 1932 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 1931 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,653 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,822 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,875 |
| 1927 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,213 |
| 1926 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1925 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,216 |
| 1924 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,494 |
| 1923 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1921 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,781 |
| 1920 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1919 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,637 |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,551 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,493 |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,388 |
| 1915 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,615 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,559 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,707 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,773 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,223 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,198 |
| 1908 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,153 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,156 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,124 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #968 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,090 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,006 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,038 |
| 1895 | — | 11 | 11 | #675 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #903 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #922 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #911 |
| 1890 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #1,070 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,040 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,094 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #995 |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | #895 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #964 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #652 |