Recorded 1979–2017 Boys' name Peak 1979 244 births

Roshad — boys' name

244 babies named Roshad in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s151980s721990s902000s512010s16
1990s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Roshad was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

15 babies were named Roshad in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Roshad

The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Roshad between 1979 and 2017, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roshad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roshad performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Roshad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roshad 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 244 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.

Roshad at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

244

Since 1979

39 years of records

Peak year

1979

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1979

Recorded for 39 years

Last year on file: 2017

Roshad popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1979

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1979)
15
Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
05101520 20172008200119971993198919841979 15

Roshad by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
90 births that decade — 37% of Roshad's all-time total
1970s151980s721990s902000s512010s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Roshad?
244 babies have been named Roshad since 1979. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1979 with 15 births.
When was Roshad most popular?
Roshad was most popular in the 1990s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Roshad been used?
Roshad has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 39 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Roshad?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ross, Roscoe, Rosario, Rosendo, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1979–2017 (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.