Given name

Roshawn

Roshawn is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Roshawn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Roshawn through the years

Babies since 1880
1,353
931 boys · 422 girls
Most popular year
1976
48 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−73%
Cooling
Boys Girls
05101520198020002025Highest share 1976Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Roshawn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1965–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,041 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Roshawn’s family of names

Roshawn has a related form in Roshan.

Walk Roshawn’s family in the name graph

RoshawnRoshan

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Roshawn

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Roshawn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Arabic

Rahman

“one who is full of compassion”

24RareSteady

>99% boys

Royal

Rodrick

Rodrick is a masculine given name.

24RareEasing

>99% boys

 

Rustin

“from the red-haired man's estate”

34RareSteady

>99% boys

 

Riccardo

“a powerful ruler”

20RareRising

>99% boys

Royal

Rico

“a powerful ruler”

38RareEasing

>99% boys

Latin

Lucan

“a man from Lucania”

20RareEasing

>99% boys

 

Jasen

21RareCooling

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Roshawn’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A sister for Roshawn