Roanna — girls' name
440 babies named Roanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Roanna was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Roanna in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 440 babies named Roanna between 1917 and 2010, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Roanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roanna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Roanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Roanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roanna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 440 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Roanna at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Roanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1917
- Peak year (1951)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
440 total births across 94 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 17 births in a single year.
Roanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 116 births that decade — 26% of Roanna's all-time total
Roanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Roanna's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Roanna by state
Where Roanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 440 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.