Roshana — girls' name
125 babies named Roshana in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Roshana was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Roshana in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roshana
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Roshana between 1975 and 2000, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Roshana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roshana performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Roshana 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 Roshana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roshana 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 125 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.
Roshana at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Roshana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1975
- Peak year (1978)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
125 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 10 births in a single year.
Roshana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 52 births that decade — 42% of Roshana's all-time total
Roshana decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Roshana's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Roshana by state
Where Roshana concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 125 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.0% 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, 1975–2000 (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.