Roan
Boy · ROHN · Irish
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Roan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 754th for boys in the UK (51 babies) and 1,305th for boys in the US (149 babies).
What does Roan mean?
Irish: probably a variant of Rowan
Probably a variant of Rowan; roan is also the English word for a horse whose coat mixes white and coloured hairs.
- Say it
- ROHN
Is Roan a girl's or a boy's name?
Roan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the UK and 31 girls and 149 boys in the US.
How popular is Roan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #754among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 5,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the UK were named Roan, making it the 754th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 617th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 76 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Roan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales, 400th in Scotland and 212th in Northern Ireland.
Roan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #754 |
| 2024 | 49 | #769 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 44 | #801 |
| 2021 | 55 | #716 |
| 2020 | 65 | #617 |
| 2019 | 49 | #745 |
| 2018 | 37 | #907 |
| 2017 | 35 | #961 |
| 2016 | 40 | #863 |
| 2015 | 35 | #946 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 47 | #769 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 43 | #771 |
| 2009 | 48 | #711 |
| 2008 | 63 | #584 |
| 2007 | 48 | #667 |
| 2006 | 76 | #470 |
| 2005 | 76 | #425 |
| 2004 | 71 | #429 |
| 2003 | 38 | #646 |
| 2002 | 42 | #556 |
| 2001 | 36 | #591 |
| 2000 | 33 | #620 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Roan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,305among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 149about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 149 boys in the US were named Roan, making it the 1,305th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,353rd. It first appears in the records in 1926. 31 girls were also named Roan in 2025 (4,459th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Roan of any year since it first appeared, in 1926.
Half of all the boys named Roan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 183 boys in the US were given Roan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,050, up from #1,305 for this spelling alone.
- Roan 149
- Rhone 34
In 2025, 17% of the babies named Roan in the US were girls.
Roan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | #1,305 |
| 2024 | 141 | #1,351 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,508 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,433 |
| 2020 | 131 | #1,353 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,354 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,385 |
| 2017 | 128 | #1,378 |
| 2016 | 85 | #1,788 |
| 2015 | 98 | #1,625 |
| 2014 | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 88 | #1,684 |
| 2012 | 76 | #1,890 |
| 2011 | 79 | #1,811 |
| 2010 | 90 | #1,697 |
| 2009 | 85 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,482 |
| 2007 | 103 | #1,527 |
| 2006 | 106 | #1,454 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,389 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,444 |
| 2003 | 68 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 48 | #2,191 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
Names like Roan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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