Rogue

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 72 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
72
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies

Rogue by the numbers

In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Rogue. In the US, 72 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Rogue

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rogue. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Romieroman; a form of Romeo or Romulus75 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rorie42 in the US (2017)
  • Romee38 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Rogue

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