Roshaun — boys' name
402 babies named Roshaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Roshaun was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Roshaun in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roshaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 402 babies named Roshaun between 1973 and 2020, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roshaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Roshaun is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 55 additional births since 1966.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roshaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Roshaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roshaun 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 402 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.
Roshaun at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Roshaun popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1973
- Peak year (1981)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
402 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 21 births in a single year.
Roshaun popularity over time — girls
55 total births recorded since 1966 (Roshaun as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Roshaun accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Roshaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 138 births that decade — 34% of Roshaun's all-time total
Roshaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Roshaun's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–2020 (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.