Roshawn
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Roshawn has been given to 1,353 babies in the U.S. since 1968. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 31 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% boys, 31% girls all-time.
Babies named Roshawn, 2023
1 in 368,000
Roshawn over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Roshawn over time
In 2023, Roshawn went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Roshawn?
Roshawn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2023
- 1 in 368,000
- 9 of 3,314,783 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 190,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2023
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 255,294 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Roshawn sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 255,294 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Roshawn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Roshawns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Roshawn was born before 1993 — so the typical Roshawn is around 32 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 24.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 36.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 931
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 24.0% of all recorded uses (223).
Is Roshawn 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1993 (31)
- Years since peak
- 32
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.6% average annual change
Spellings of Roshawn
Roshawn is not the most common spelling — Shawn is, with 78.9% against Roshawn's 0.24%.
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 Roshawn is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Roshawn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 673,132 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
- 3Ohio1 in —
- 4South Carolina1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
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. Roshawn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Roshawn is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Roshawn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 544,609 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Illinois1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Roshawn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Roshawn around the world
Where Roshawn 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.
- Canada1998–1998#1,953in 1998
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Roshawn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Roshawn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Roshawn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.