How rare is the name Rohan?

14,448 people in the United States have the first name Rohan, about 1 in 20,905. It ranks #1,941 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROHAN

#1,941

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,448
About
1 in 20,905
This common or more
77.8%
Who bears it

Of the 14,448 people named Rohan, 63.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 16.1% as Black and 9.1% as White. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rohan peaked in 2004, when 522 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
522
In 2025*
306 ▼41%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,151 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rohan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,149. The largest share of babies named Rohan, 54%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#9,27382
1980s#4,405342
1990s#2,1521,412
2000s#1,1494,562
2010s#1,3613,939
2020s#1,6911,808
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–1254%
2013 and later36.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rohan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rohan has been most common in New Jersey (3.1×), California (2×), and Maryland (1.9×), and least common in Tennessee (0.18×).

10,380 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rohan, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Rohan ranks #10,121 of 156,621, with 3,035 people. See Rohan as a last name

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