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Roan

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~3,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,305 among boys
Births in 2025
180 3,019 since 1880
Typical age
10 years, median

Roan popularity over time

Roan rank by birth year, 1926–2025Roan ranked #4,201 in 1926 and #1,305 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,305, in 2025.#10,000#1,30519401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1926–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Roan was used most in 2025, when 180 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1926. In 2025 it ranked #1,305 with 180 births.

Over ten years the count has risen 67%. It climbed 46 places against the previous year.

Babies named Roan per yearPeaks at 180 births in 2025.180 in 2025019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Roan?

Roughly 3,000 Roans are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 3,019 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 280 women and 2,700 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Roan?

Median age among living Roans: 10. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Roan a current name.

Your Roan

Ages of living people named RoanHalf of living Roans are older than 10 and half younger.median 10020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Roan is most common

Relative to births, North Carolina carries 2.0× the national share of Roans. Tennessee and Colorado follow.

Where Roan is used more than average3 states use the name Roan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: 1.7× the national rateCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: 1.8× the national rateTNNorth Carolina: 2.0× the national rateNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Roan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
North Carolina 79 2.0×
Tennessee 49 1.8×
Colorado 33 1.7×

Is Roan a boy's or a girl's name?

9% girls91% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to boys: 11.3% of the last ten years of births were girls. Across the whole record, 9.4% of births under the name were girls.

Roan in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Roan ranked #914 in 2025 on 34 births. That is 31% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Roan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Roan Wilson Costa Rican footballer 2002 18
Roan Johnson Italian writer and screenwriter 1974 9
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Roan

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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