How Many People Are Named Roan?
people named Roan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 114,885 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,019 babies named Roan in Social Security records from 1926 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
180 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of RONNE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Roan, 9.5% were girls and 90.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 8% of the babies were girls then and 11.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Roan alive today is about 12 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Roan first appears in the records in 1926, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 180 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1926 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Roan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,309, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,309.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,309 |
| Best rank | #1,309 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,622 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Roan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Roan were born in California than in any other state: about 288 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Roan was given 2.5 times as often in North Carolina, 2.4 times in Washington and 2.2 times in Tennessee.
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