Rohan

What Rohan means

Means “to ascend”

Borrowed from the present participial of Sanskrit रुह् (ruh, “to ascend”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rohan” (revision 91106876), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rohan?

US: Falling: down from #665 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #223 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2004, when 522 boys got the name (#480 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 5,582 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,648 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 935 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.45 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.43 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.34 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rohan is #810 in the US and #274 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Rohan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ruhaan38 US · 32 E&W
• Rehan39 US · 27 E&W
• Rohaan25 US · 29 E&W
• Rihaan38 US · 9 E&W
• Rayhan18 US · 16 E&W
• Rihan20 US · 10 E&W
• Ruhan14 US · 15 E&W
• Rohen20 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rohan

Boys

• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ashton#197“ash (tree species) + enclosure, settlement”^*
• Tyson#531“firebrand”^*
• Reese#602“ardor”^*

For a sister

• Kamryn#556Variant of Cameron, meaning “crooked, bent + nose”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Macie#438Editor’s note Down from #415 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, Sanskrit & Indian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rohan’s. Rank is US 2025.