Roshan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Roshan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #493 in 2002, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#493highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2009

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#2701
2001	#3998
2002	#2868
2004	#3725
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2009	#5556

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

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

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #493 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Roshan appears in 2 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 793 births with the name.

Roshan across 2 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.

Roshan'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	#535 (1996)	#493 (2002)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	793 (1996–2024)	46 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2683 (1996)	#5556 (2009)	9 of 14	35 (1996–2009)	5 (1996)

Roshan 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 Roshan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	99	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	360	10 of 10	36
2010s	275	10 of 10	28
2020s	59	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 36 births a year.

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

Roshan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #493 in England and Wales in 2002.

Roshan'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#974	30	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#788	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#831	36	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#736	41	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#728	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#631	46	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#748	34	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#666	39	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#667	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#633	35	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#493	44	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#651	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#669	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #493, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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.

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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Roshaan · #1878, 14y
Roshni · #571, 29y
Rosie · #9, 33y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Rehaan · #492, 27y
Sanaa · #496, 29y
Jarvis · #489, 29y
Kashif · #489, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adriano · #493, 27y
Ilya · #493, 27y
Mubarak · #493, 29y
Pablo · #493, 29y

Roshan was ranked #493 in England and Wales · Boys in 2002. 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.

Roshan 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 Roshan without appearing here.

Roshan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #3254.
Brett Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #2301.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #2018.

Moved ahead of Roshan

Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1958.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1207.
Conan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1217 and #1506 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #1379.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Roshan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Roshan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roshan went from #535 to #2443 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #493 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roshan

Roshan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roshan across 2 official records

Roshan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Roshan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Roshan across 2 official records

Roshan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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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 Roshan

Roshan and the names beside it

Roshan moved ahead of

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