Roan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #180 in 2006, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#180highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2006

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #278 among boys in Scotland, #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1000 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2025
Highest recorded position: #180 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2000–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Roan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 858 births with the name.

Roan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Roan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#477 (2004)	#1000 (2024)	29 of 29	858 (1996–2024)	57 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#274 (2000)	#180 (2006)	#676 (2025)	26 of 26	289 (2000–2025)	25 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#231 (2020)	#305 (2024)	18 of 23	86 (2002–2024)	8 (2020)

Roan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	394	10 of 10	39
2010s	268	10 of 10	27
2020s	173	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 25, from 30 to 55.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Roan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #180 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Roan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#993	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#690	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#787	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#932	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#837	37	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#803	35	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#742	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#523	57	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#493	56	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#477	55	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#710	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#611	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#602	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#691	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#285	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#310	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	23	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	16	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	25	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	20	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#278	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #180, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ally · #180, 30y
Ellie-Mae · #180, 30y
Mae · #180, 30y
Alara · #179, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ally · #180, 30y
Ellie-Mae · #180, 30y
Mae · #180, 30y
Alara · #179, 28y

Roan was ranked #180 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roan without appearing here.

Roan moved ahead of

Rune Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2943 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #477 and #3651.
Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #691 and #3036.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2943 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #691 and #2501.
Tayla Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2943 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #691 and #2501.

Moved ahead of Roan

Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #809 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1082 and #625.
Albie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #380 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #660 and #243.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1086 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1421 and #1012.
Alfred Compare
In 2024 they stood at #350 and #430 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #286.

Moved the opposite way to Roan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Roan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roan went from #1765 to #1000 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #180 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roan

Roan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roan across 3 official records

Roan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Roan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Roan at a glance

Roan across 3 official records

Roan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Roan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Roan

Roan and the names beside it

Roan moved ahead of

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