Recorded 1926–2025 · United States
Roan was most popular in 2025, when 180 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,368 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,368, with 180 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,019 people named Roan.
Roan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1926, which makes it about 99 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 100 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,019 American births named Roan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,973 are estimated to be alive today.
180 American babies were named Roan in 2025, ranking #2,368 that year.
Roan is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 147 births a year, against 94 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +57% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Roan is mostly a boy’s name — 9.4% of the 3,019 Americans given it were girls and 90.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 11% girls and 89% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,973 Americans named Roan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 11 years old, and half are between 6 and 19.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org