Girls' name · since 1930
Roann
238 babies named Roann in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Roann sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 238 recorded since 1930.
Social Security Administration records show Roann recorded 238 times among girls since 1930, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 1975.
- #18,091 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 238 born since 1930
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roann ranks #18,091 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1930, peaking in the 1950s.
- #18,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Roann's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Roann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Roann's full recorded timeline at 1957, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Roann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1975
- Peak year (1959)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Roann by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (123 births, 52% of the file).
1950s was Roann's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Roann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
123 births
- 1960s
1960s
68 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 123 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Roann's decade-level peak was the 1950s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Roann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1930–1975 (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 Roann 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.