girls:
238 births since 1999
#5478 (4th percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1926
#2556 (44th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1926
#5196 (33rd percentile)
The name Roan is the #5,196 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,681 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 32.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,556 (44.2% percentile) for all time with 2,443 births since 1926. For girls, it ranks #5,478 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 238 births since 1999.
Roan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Roan is available in 48 out of the 98 years between 1926 and 2023 (48 years for boys and 23 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Roan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.8% of babies named Roan were boys.
For boys, Roan reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 14.0% percentile (ranked #775) with 71 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 71 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Roan ranks #800 for boys (12.2% percentile) with 63 births per million, which is 89.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Roan reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #922) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Roan ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 48.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Roan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Roan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.4% confident that Roan is pronounced as rohn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ROH-uhn, at 19.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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