Rohan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rohan: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #139 in 2004, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#139highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Rohan's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2004

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#2701
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2004	#3197

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 28 of the 52 years from 1974 to 2025.

In 2024: #239 among boys in Northern Ireland, #260 among boys in England and Wales, #278 among boys in Scotland, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1974–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #139 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Rohan appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 6,411 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1974.

Rohan across 4 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.

Rohan'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1974)	#231 (2005)	#577 (2025)	28 of 52	209 (1974–2025)	18 (2011)
England and Wales · Boys	#341 (1996)	#139 (2004)	#260 (2024)	29 of 29	6,411 (1996–2024)	334 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#239 (2024)	#239 (2024)	19 of 28	83 (1997–2024)	8 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2701 (1998)	#3197 (2004)	5 of 9	20 (1996–2004)	5 (1998)

Rohan 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 Rohan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	439	4 of 10	110
2000sbusiest	2,650	10 of 10	265
2010s	2,479	10 of 10	248
2020s	843	5 of 10	169

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 265 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2001 and 2002, when recorded births rose by 89, from 140 to 229.

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

Rohan 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 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #139 in England and Wales in 2004.

Rohan'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	#260	180	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#279	166	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#295	154	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#274	168	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#269	175	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#247	198	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#243	214	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#213	247	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#222	253	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#223	252	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#222	256	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#220	238	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#204	270	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#191	281	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#195	270	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#198	241	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#162	330	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#160	334	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#167	285	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#154	306	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#139	334	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#160	261	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#169	229	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#218	140	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#182	190	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#203	157	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#242	124	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#298	88	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#341	70	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#239	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	18	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	15	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	14	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	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 1974 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #139, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 334 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 50 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Lorenzo · #139, 31y
Kira · #140, 39y
Lenny · #140, 30y
Safa · #140, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Johnathan · #139, 49y
Arron · #138, 44y
Torjus · #138, 47y
Paulina · #141, 51y

Rohan was ranked #139 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. 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.

Rohan 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 Rohan without appearing here.

Rohan moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 2010 they stood at #629 and #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #272 and #730.
Andreas Compare
In 2008 they stood at #629 and #435 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #292 and #701.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #616 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #352 and #711.
Roger Compare
In 2016 they stood at #629 and #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #356 and #710.

Moved ahead of Rohan

Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #334 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #241.
Mathias Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #432.
Lachlan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #356 and #394 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #471 and #329.
Filip Compare
In 2005 they stood at #231 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #334 and #203.

Moved the opposite way to Rohan

Aaron Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 while Aaron went from #152 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 while Adam went from #148 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 while Alex went from #321 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 while Alexander went from #127 to #55.

Moved the same way as Rohan

Adrian Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 and Adrian from #46 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 and Alan from #10 to #232.
Andreas Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 and Andreas from #288 to #829.
Andrew Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rohan went from #321 to #577 and Andrew from #36 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #139 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rohan

Rohan at a glance

What stands out in Rohan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rohan across 4 official records

Rohan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rohan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Rohan and the names beside it

Rohan moved ahead of

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Rohan at a glance

What stands out in Rohan's record

Rohan across 4 official records

Rohan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rohan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Rohan

Rohan and the names beside it

Rohan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rohan

Moved the opposite way to Rohan

Moved the same way as Rohan