Rogue
A deceitful, unprincipled person; a playful scoundrel or mischievous person.
Name Census estimates that about 1,036 living Americans carry the first name Rogue. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 60.1% of registrations being female. The average person named Rogue today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Rogue births was 2021 (90 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Rogue. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Rogue with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Rogue sits in rare territory as a truly gender-neutral name, given to boys and girls in near-equal numbers.
- • Rogue is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 12 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.0K
~ 1 in 330,844 Americans
Peak year
2021
90 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,520
Tracked since 1937
Census
Rogue in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 689 people with the first name Rogue, which placed it at #16,394 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#16,394
National first-name rank
People counted
689
689 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
58.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Rogue
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Rogue is White at 58.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (28.3%) and Two or More Races (7.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Rogue described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Rogue at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White58.3% · 402
- Hispanic or Latino28.3% · 195
- Two or more races7.8% · 54
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.0% · 14
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.9% · 13
- Black or African American1.6% · 11
Gender
Gender distribution for Rogue
Rogue is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 1,056 total registrations, 421 (39.9%) were male and 635 (60.1%) were female.
Rogue as a male name
- Ranked #4,520 in 2024
- 23 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2021 (38 births)
Rogue as a female name
- Ranked #4,533 in 2024
- 31 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2017 (57 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Rogue on both sides of the split. Of the 690 people counted with this name, 286 were male (41.4%) and 404 were female (58.6%).
Popularity
Rogue: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Rogue from the 1930s through to the 2020s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 494 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Rogue remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Rogue by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Rogue during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Rogues live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. California, Oregon, Texas recorded the most babies named Rogue, while Washington, Texas, Oregon recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 32 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Rogue
The name Rogue has its origins in the French language and can be traced back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Old French word "rogue," which itself comes from the Latin word "rauca," meaning "hoarse." The name was originally used as an adjective to describe someone who was arrogant, insolent, or dishonest.
In the Middle Ages, the term "rogue" was used to refer to a wandering beggar or vagabond who lived outside the norms of society. It was also used to describe a mischievous or dishonest person. The earliest recorded use of the name Rogue as a given name dates back to the late 16th century in England.
One of the earliest historical references to the name Rogue can be found in the works of William Shakespeare. In his play "The Winter's Tale," written around 1611, one of the characters is named Rogue. This may have been an intentional play on words by Shakespeare, as the character in question is a mischievous and cunning individual.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the name Rogue. One of the earliest was Rogue Riderhood, a character in Charles Dickens' novel "Our Mutual Friend," published in 1864-65. Riderhood was a villainous and unscrupulous waterman who lived in London.
In the 20th century, one of the most famous individuals with the name Rogue was Rogue Trooper, a genetically engineered super-soldier from the popular British comic book series of the same name, which debuted in 1981.
Other notable individuals with the name Rogue include Rogue Herries, a fictional character from the novel "Rogue Herries" by Hugh Walpole, published in 1930. There was also Rogue Ridler, an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in the late 19th century.
In more recent times, the name Rogue has been used as a nickname or stage name by various individuals in the entertainment industry, particularly in the world of professional wrestling and comic books. One of the most well-known is Rogue, a Marvel Comics superhero who first appeared in the Avengers comic book series in 1981.
People
Rogue + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Rogue as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Rogue: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rogue?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,036 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Rogue going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 330,844 US residents.
Is Rogue a common name?
We classify Rogue as "Rare". It ranks above 90.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,056 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Rogue most popular?
The single biggest year for Rogue was 2021, when 90 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Rogue is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Rogue in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 689 people with the name Rogue, or 0.23 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #16,394 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Rogue in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Rogue?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Rogue on both sides of the split. Of the 690 people counted with this name, 286 were male (41.4%) and 404 were female (58.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Rogue?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Rogue is White at 58.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (28.3%) and Two or More Races (7.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Rogue most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Rogue in the 2020 Census, accounting for 58.3% (402 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Rogue in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Rogue a female name?
Yes, 60.1% of people registered as Rogue in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Rogue still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Rogue in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Rogue can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Rogue as a first name?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.