Rohan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROH-han
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #268 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #810 for boys
Rohan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “ascending, rising”. In 2025 it ranked 268th for boys in the UK (192 babies) and 810th for boys in the US (306 babies).
What does Rohan mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit; also an Irish surname
“ascending, rising”
In Sanskrit it means ascending; Rohan is also the kingdom of the horse-riding Rohirrim in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rohan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rohan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 192 boys in the UK and 306 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rohan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #268among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 192about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 192 boys in the UK were named Rohan, making it the 268th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 271st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 357 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rohan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 274th in England and Wales, 198th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.
Rohan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 192 | #268 |
| 2024 | 202 | #262 |
| 2023 | 185 | #279 |
| 2022 | 167 | #303 |
| 2021 | 188 | #283 |
| 2020 | 191 | #271 |
| 2019 | 219 | #254 |
| 2018 | 230 | #251 |
| 2017 | 276 | #220 |
| 2016 | 278 | #222 |
| 2015 | 269 | #233 |
| 2014 | 276 | #228 |
| 2013 | 258 | #229 |
| 2012 | 295 | #212 |
| 2011 | 295 | #205 |
| 2010 | 281 | #209 |
| 2009 | 261 | #209 |
| 2008 | 341 | #174 |
| 2007 | 357 | #166 |
| 2006 | 303 | #180 |
| 2005 | 319 | #164 |
| 2004 | 345 | #152 |
| 2003 | 278 | #168 |
| 2002 | 238 | #174 |
| 2001 | 157 | #221 |
| 2000 | 202 | #186 |
| 1999 | 164 | #213 |
| 1998 | 136 | #247 |
| 1997 | 102 | #302 |
| 1996 | 75 | #346 |
How popular is Rohan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #810among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 306about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 306 boys in the US were named Rohan, making it the 810th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 802nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 522 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Rohan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 326 boys in the US were given Rohan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #730, up from #810 for this spelling alone.
- Rohan 306
- Rohen 20
Rohan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #810 |
| 2024 | 291 | #840 |
| 2023 | 297 | #823 |
| 2022 | 306 | #813 |
| 2021 | 306 | #800 |
| 2020 | 289 | #802 |
| 2019 | 315 | #757 |
| 2018 | 343 | #710 |
| 2017 | 373 | #678 |
| 2016 | 328 | #743 |
| 2015 | 387 | #665 |
| 2014 | 414 | #633 |
| 2013 | 423 | #598 |
| 2012 | 417 | #605 |
| 2011 | 435 | #576 |
| 2010 | 478 | #536 |
| 2009 | 500 | #533 |
| 2008 | 503 | #531 |
| 2007 | 511 | #515 |
| 2006 | 492 | #523 |
| 2005 | 493 | #503 |
| 2004 | 522 | #480 |
| 2003 | 486 | #502 |
| 2002 | 437 | #520 |
| 2001 | 305 | #622 |
| 2000 | 303 | #620 |
| 1999 | 289 | #625 |
| 1998 | 195 | #785 |
| 1997 | 174 | #830 |
| 1996 | 156 | #877 |
| 1995 | 136 | #950 |
| 1994 | 104 | #1,100 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,093 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,258 |
| 1991 | 86 | #1,190 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,151 |
| 1989 | 58 | #1,428 |
| 1988 | 55 | #1,400 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Rohan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Kian Aiden Rayan Rowan Kayden Logan Finn Brody Aryan Arjun Dylan
Other spellings of Rohan
Names related to Rohan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Aarav Kali Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh Veer
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rohan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rohan, updated 20 October 2026.