How rare is the name Roshan?

3,708 people in the United States have the first name Roshan, about 1 in 81,454. It ranks #4,849 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ROSHAN

#4,849

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,708
About
1 in 81,454
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,708 people named Roshan, 79.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.8% as White and 6.1% as Black. 81% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roshan peaked in 2010, when 64 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
64
In 2025*
30 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,917 babies have been given the name since 1961. 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.

Roshan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,876. The largest share of babies named Roshan, 45.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#12,79717
1970s#7,771111
1980s#5,564245
1990s#5,850315
2000s#4,876577
2010s#6,010456
2020s#7,477196
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–807.5%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–1245.4%
2013 and later24.8%

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.

Exactly as common as Roshan

1 other first name also has 3,708 people.

#4,849 Jacquelynn · 3,708

Either side of Roshan

#4,848 Ludmila · 3,709#4,849 Jacquelynn · 3,708#4,851 Felice · 3,705#4,851 Herb · 3,705

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,090 Roshawn · 1,041#22,678 Roshaun · 437#25,086 Roshani · 380#28,430 Rosan · 316#30,958 Roshon · 279#32,025 Roshana · 265#32,621 Rowshan · 257#36,185 Roshane · 220

Also a last name

As a last name, Roshan ranks #37,267 of 156,621, with 643 people. See Roshan as a last name

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