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Rohan

#812 in 2025Boys' name

Little red one, through Rowan

Rohan has been given to 12,151 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #812 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 522 recorded.

Babies named Rohan, 2025

1 in 10,800

Rohan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rohan: meaning, origin, and history

Little red one, through Rowan

surname transfer and Sanskrit

What Rohan means

Rohan belongs to the name family reached through Rohan → Rowan. Its meaning is “little red one”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Rohan (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Rohan is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer and Sanskrit.

Rohan is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rowan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12,102 boys were recorded with the name Rohan between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 522 in 2004; its best national rank was #480 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #805 in 2020 to #812 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #666 in 2015 to #812 in 2025.

In the United States, 49 girls were recorded with the name Rohan between 2005 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2018; its best national rank was #11,922 in 2020.

How common is Rohan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 10,800
306 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 5,580
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#812
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
7,511 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rohan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 7,511 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rohan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rohans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rohan was born before 2009 — so the typical Rohan is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
37.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
12,102
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (4,552).

Is Rohan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+29
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−7
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−146
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.79×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.6%
Peak was 2004 (522)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Very steady
5.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#480
2004

Spellings of Rohan

Rohan is not the most common spelling — John is, with 66.7% against Rohan's 0.16%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rohan is used

Across 2016–2025, Rohan was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 1,333 boys, against 1 in 4,897 across all states with data. It was least common in Louisiana (1 in 50,000).

275 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 1,333
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 2,857
  3. 3Washington1 in 2,857
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 2,941
  5. 5Maryland1 in 3,125
  6. 6California1 in 3,704
  7. 7Virginia1 in 3,704
  8. 8New York1 in 4,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Rohan is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 68% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Rohan around the world

Where Rohan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #274
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1995–2025
    #198
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2025
    #270
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1974–2025
    #577
    in 2025
  • France
    1963–2025
    #1,086
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #564
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1947–2013
    #317
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Rohan

People whose public names include Rohan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rohan in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Rohan. Linked forms have their own page here.

Roan

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Rohan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#812
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 7
Best rank ever
#480
2004
Peak year
2004
522 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
12,102
Count in 2025
306

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,922
2020
Peak year
2018
8 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rohan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JohanEithanIshanAthanLathanRohitYohanRehanRohenEshanStephanSohanFarhanRoshanJahanDathanRohaanJathanCallahanZohanGohanAahanEathanVihan

Names with a curve like Rohan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rohan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KoleDominikTalonSemajJovaniMekhiTraceJamariDravenJairIsaiUlises

Sibling names for Rohan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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