Unisex name · since 1970
Roshon
Roshon has 166 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 166
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Roshon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 166 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roshon has been recorded 166 times among boys since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2012.
- #14,109 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 166 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roshon ranks #14,109 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 166
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Roshon's 166 recorded births place it above 68.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Roshon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Roshon's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Roshon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2012
- Peak year (1978)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Roshon popularity over time - girls
60 total births recorded since 1967 (Roshon as girls' name)
Roshon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Roshon's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Roshon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Roshon's data
- Roshon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Roshon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roshon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.