Rostam — boys' name
24 babies named Rostam in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Rostam was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Rostam in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rostam
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Rostam between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rostam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rostam performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rostam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rostam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rostam 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 24 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.
Rostam at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rostam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2015
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
24 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 14 births in a single year.
Rostam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 19 births that decade — 79% of Rostam's all-time total
Rostam decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rostam's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Rostam by state
Where Rostam concentrates geographically — total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 29.2% |
7 of 24 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 29.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 29.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2015–2023 (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.