Roshawn
Roshawn was last recorded in 2023, when 9 babies were given it; 1,353 Americans have been recorded with it between 1965 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,290 Americans named Roshawn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 26 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Roshawn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Roshawn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,786, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
48 babies in 1976, the peak
Roshawn peaked in 1976, when 48 babies were given it (30 boys, #1,739 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | under 5 | 9 | #8,786 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #13,931 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 8 | #9,386 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 9 | #8,729 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 9 | #8,686 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 10 | #8,017 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 15 | #5,989 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 8 | #9,401 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 11 | #7,450 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 10 | #7,978 |
Every recorded year (58)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | under 5 | 9 | #8,728 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 14 | #6,183 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 12 | #7,010 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 18 | #5,269 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 21 | #4,671 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 14 | #6,196 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 25 | #3,970 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 17 | #4,988 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 18 | #4,749 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 22 | #3,945 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 30 | #3,072 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 14 | #5,340 | |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,036 | 19 | #4,169 |
| 1999 | 6 | #14,048 | 13 | #5,255 |
| 1998 | under 5 | 19 | #3,816 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 20 | #3,557 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 18 | #3,791 | |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,232 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,310 | 26 | #2,828 |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,067 | 31 | #2,437 |
| 1992 | under 5 | 17 | #3,712 | |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,176 | 28 | #2,524 |
| 1990 | 9 | #9,058 | 24 | #2,753 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,893 | 25 | #2,593 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,577 | 18 | #3,049 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,542 | 19 | #2,810 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 24 | #2,347 | |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,958 | 14 | #3,353 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,805 | 19 | #2,602 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,733 | 23 | #2,258 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,459 | 18 | #2,683 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,685 | 23 | #2,258 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,172 | 29 | #1,952 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,377 | 24 | #2,142 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,363 | 20 | #2,361 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,595 | 22 | #2,194 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,786 | 30 | #1,739 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,735 | 23 | #2,052 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,073 | 14 | #2,772 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,600 | 12 | #2,984 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,883 | 11 | #3,113 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,626 | 7 | #4,302 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,288 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,633 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,734 | 6 | #4,056 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,622 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,183 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,308 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Roshawn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,353 Americans recorded as Roshawn, 31% are girls and 69% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Roshawn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Roshawn, and how old are they?
1,290 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 1,353 Americans ever recorded as Roshawn. The median Roshawn alive today is 38 years old; half are between 26 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 1,041 people named Roshawn (353 women and girls, 688 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,287 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 429 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 476 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 291 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 93 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Roshawn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Roshawn and names like it
- Compare Roshawn and DemetricBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sRoshawn peaked in 1976.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Roshawn since 1910.
- The top names of 1976The year the most babies were named Roshawn.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Roshawn alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.