Roshawn
- Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,255
- Given to boys 68.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 931since 1968
Roshawn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,022 | 30 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | #1,711 | 30 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five boys were named Roshawn! It came in at #3,673, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Roshawn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Roshawn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Roshawn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1976 at #1,711 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52,300
- Highest: 1 in 52,300 boys born in 1976 were named Roshawn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 190,064 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 24.0% of all boys named Roshawn (223) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1979
- Mostly girls until 1978, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,673 |
| 1970s | 163 | #1,711 (1976) | #2,523 |
| 1980s | 212 | #1,910 (1980) | #2,518 |
| 1990s | 223 | #2,399 (1993) | #3,249 |
| 2000s | 198 | #3,022 (2002) | #4,493 |
| 2010s | 107 | #5,789 (2016) | #7,383 |
| 2020s | 22 | #8,255 (2023) | #9,775 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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