# Rohan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rohan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,151 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,102 / 49 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,596, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 18,590 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,911 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,455 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,584 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,280 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,532 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,927 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,191 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 435 | 577 |
| 2012 | 417 | 605 |
| 2013 | 423 | 601 |
| 2014 | 414 | 634 |
| 2015 | 387 | 666 |
| 2016 | 328 | 743 |
| 2017 | 373 | 678 |
| 2018 | 343 | 710 |
| 2019 | 315 | 757 |
| 2020 | 289 | 805 |
| 2021 | 306 | 801 |
| 2022 | 306 | 815 |
| 2023 | 297 | 825 |
| 2024 | 291 | 841 |
| 2025 | 306 | 812 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 281 | 191 |
| 2012 | 270 | 204 |
| 2013 | 238 | 220 |
| 2014 | 256 | 222 |
| 2015 | 252 | 223 |
| 2016 | 253 | 222 |
| 2017 | 247 | 213 |
| 2018 | 214 | 243 |
| 2019 | 198 | 247 |
| 2020 | 175 | 269 |
| 2021 | 168 | 274 |
| 2022 | 154 | 295 |
| 2023 | 166 | 279 |
| 2024 | 180 | 260 |
| 2025 | 165 | 274 |

## People named Rohan

- Rohan Dennis, Australian racing cyclist
- Rohan Chand, American actor
- Rohan Ricketts, English association footballer (born 1982)
- Rohan Campbell, Canadian actor
- Rohan Wight, Australian cyclist
- Rohan Browning, Australian athletics competitor
- Rohan Robinson, Australian hurdler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.