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How popular is the name Roshan?

Births per year, rank history and how many Roshans are alive today.

Roshan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2007, when 46 babies were given the name, the 631st most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 26% of its peak.

The Roshan you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Roshans born in England and Wales are between 14 and 29, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Roshan - on average, only one in every 303 such rooms contains a Roshan.

How many babies are named Roshan each year?

02040200020201996: 321997: 251998: 251999: 172000: 282001: 232002: 442003: 352004: 362005: 392006: 342007: 462008: 402009: 352010: 412011: 362012: 232013: 392014: 232015: 272016: 302017: 172018: 182019: 212020: 92021: 152022: 162023: 102024: 92025: 12actual

Where does Roshan rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 5351997: ranked 6611998: ranked 6691999: ranked 9062000: ranked 6512001: ranked 7512002: ranked 4932003: ranked 6332004: ranked 6672005: ranked 6662006: ranked 7482007: ranked 6312008: ranked 7282009: ranked 8092010: ranked 7362011: ranked 8312012: ranked 1,1522013: ranked 7882014: ranked 1,1442015: ranked 1,0462016: ranked 9742017: ranked 1,4702018: ranked 1,3822019: ranked 1,2172020: ranked 2,2282021: ranked 1,5952022: ranked 1,5342023: ranked 2,1612024: ranked 2,4442025: ranked 2,014

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Roshan per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 46 in 2007
Roshan: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Roshan most popular?

Roshan peaked in 2007, when 46 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Roshan?

At least 1,000 people named Roshan born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Roshan?

Most living Roshans are between 14 and 29; the most common age is about 18.

Is Roshan becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.






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