The Rodgers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 76,095 people carried this name — #428 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,880 people counted. That is up 4% from 73,021 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Rodgers surname

An English patronymic surname transferred from the given name, variant of Rogers derived from Rodger (Roger).

From Rodger + -s.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rodgers» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Roger’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 651 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 73 people named Rodgers live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 28
Córdoba 18
City of Buenos Aires 16
Santa Fe 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Scotland’s registers today

Rodgers was recorded 88 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.

That made it the 296th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 74. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.

National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In print

Rodgers in American newspapers,
1898–1919.

Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Rodgers
The Philipsburg Mail 1898-02-25
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Rodgers
The Grenada Sentinel 1914-07-24
Newspaper page from Estancia News-herald carrying the name Rodgers
Estancia News-herald 1919-01-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,675 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rodgers in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

69,164 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rodgers. The most, 17,956, date from the 1920s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 20,375
Victoria 19,693
Queensland 12,035
Western Australia 8,205
South Australia 5,786
Tasmania 2,450
ACT (Canberra) 419
Northern Territory 87

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rodgers.

Who carried it

People named Rodgers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Rodgers
    John Rodgers 1727–1811
  • John Rodgers
    John Rodgers 1772–1838 · military officer
  • John Kearney Rodgers
    John Kearney Rodgers 1793–1851 · surgeon
  • Samuel R. Rodgers
    Samuel R. Rodgers 1798–1866 · judge
  • Maud Mary Hodgson d. 1941
  • John Rodgers d. 1919

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rodgers,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States7,032 records

7,032 records of the Rodgers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2,471
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,278
  • Other U.S. records 3,283
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles E. Rodgers

    Born 1922; from Box Elder County, Utah. U.S. Army, field wireman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harry Rodgers

    Born 1910 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; route man from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Minnie Rodgers

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 21; servant. From Liverpool, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 7,032 records for Rodgers in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia1,859 records

1,859 records of the Rodgers name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 978
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 283
  • Other Australian records 598
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Matilda Rodgers

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Greenlaw, sailing from Dublin in 1844. Native of Derry. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Emma Bridget Rodgers

    Died 1925 in Kempton, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1925.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Rodgers

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Cuthberts, aged 37; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,859 records for Rodgers in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada491 records

491 records of the Rodgers name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 339
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 36
  • Other Canadian records 116
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Rodgers

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Detroit, Michigan.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Willem Rodgers

    Came to Ontario in 1867 aboard the St Andrew, landing at Quebec, bound for Weston, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edith Frances Rodgers

    Died 1959, aged 69; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 491 records for Rodgers in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom86 records

86 records of the Rodgers name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 56
  • Stirling Council burial records 25
  • Other British records 5
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Albert Nathaniel Ewing Rodgers

    Born 1881 at Tiernish. Served in the First World War. Named in the University of Aberdeen roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Margaret Rodgers

    Died 1900, aged 52; buried at Logie Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ellen Anne Rodgers

    Will proved in 1941; of Rhyl, Flint.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Showing 3 of 86 records for Rodgers in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand78 records

78 records of the Rodgers name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 64
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 6
  • Other New Zealand records 8
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William James Rodgers

    Born 1882, died 1939; buried at Cust Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Joseph Archibald Rodgers

    Died 1992, aged 76; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ivan Peter Rodgers

    Died 1997, aged 68; buried at Fairhall Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 78 records for Rodgers in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands26 records

26 records of the Rodgers name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 11
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 9
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 6
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Geert Rodgers

    Died 1908 in Emmen, aged 59; labourer.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Magdalena Shepherd Rodgers

    Died 1860 in Utrecht, aged 31.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Rodgers

    Died 1875 in Rotterdam, aged 37.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Rodgers in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Ireland6 records

6 records of the Rodgers name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Michael Rodgers

    Died 1993, aged 82; buried at Derrybrien, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Patrick Rodgers

    Died 1944; buried at Dunmore, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 6 records for Rodgers in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Rodgers name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record John Curtis Rodgers

    Born 1924 in the United States; died 1998 in Sens (Yonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Rodgers in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Belgium2 records

2 records of the Rodgers name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Frederick Rodgers

    Married in 1905 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Rodgers in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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