Is Roshawn a boy or girl name?

Roshawn is a unisex name. Of the 1,353 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 31.2% were girls and 68.8% were boys. It changed hands in 1979, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Roshawn

Recorded 1965–2023 · United States

Roshawn was most popular in 1976, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,035 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,353 people named Roshawn.

Roshawn over time

Births per year. The dot marks Roshawn’s peak in 1976. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Roshawn a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Roshawn is a unisex name — 31.2% of the 1,353 Americans given it were girls and 68.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1979 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org