Unisex name · since 2013
Roane
53 babies named Roane in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,178 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
53 babies have been named Roane since 2013, making it today's #13178 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Roane recorded 53 times among boys since 2013, holding rank #13178 nationally today, ahead of 5% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #21,804 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,178 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 53 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roane ranks #21,804 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,178 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 53 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,178 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Roane's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Roane compares
53 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Roane's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roane | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 53 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Roane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Roane splits its recorded history at 2016: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Roane popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Roane popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2024 (Roane as girls' name)
Roane by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (48 births, 91% of the file).
2010s was Roane's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Roane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (91% of all-time use).
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What to do with Roane's data
- Roane's decade-level peak was the 2010s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Roane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.