girls:
60 births since 1967
#5656 (1st percentile)
boys:
166 births since 1970
#4420 (4th percentile)
overall:
226 births since 1967
#7513 (3rd percentile)
The name Roshon is the #7,513 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 226 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,420 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 166 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,656 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 60 births since 1967.
Roshon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Roshon is available in 27 out of the 46 years between 1967 and 2012 (22 years for boys and 8 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 Roshon has been given predominantly to boys, with 73.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2012, 100.0% of babies named Roshon were boys. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for girls (70.6% girls from 1967 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1977 to 2012).
For boys, Roshon reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #670) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
For girls, Roshon reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #757) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1975.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Roshon".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Roshon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.3% confident that Roshon is pronounced as roh-SHAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ROH-shuhn, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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