Roen
French unisex name meaning "roving wanderer".
Name Census estimates that about 1,020 living Americans carry the first name Roen. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 89.8% of registrations being male. The average person named Roen today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Roen births was 2024 (105 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Roen. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Roen is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 10 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.0K
~ 1 in 336,034 Americans
Peak year
2024
105 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,741
Tracked since 1927
Gender
Gender distribution for Roen
Roen leans heavily male at 89.8% of total registrations, but 106 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Roen as a male name
- Ranked #1,741 in 2024
- 95 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2024 (95 births)
Roen as a female name
- Ranked #10,088 in 2024
- 10 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2017 (11 births)
Popularity
Roen: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Roen from the 1920s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 492 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Roen remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Roen by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Roen during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Roens live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. California, Texas, Florida recorded the most babies named Roen, while Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 35 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Roen
The name Roen is believed to have originated from the Old Norse language, spoken by the Germanic tribes that inhabited Scandinavia and parts of northern Europe during the Viking Age (approximately 800-1050 AD). It is thought to be derived from the Old Norse word "rǫgn," which means "magic" or "supernatural power."
In ancient Norse mythology, rǫgn was associated with the mystical abilities of the gods and goddesses, particularly Odin, the all-father and the ruler of the Aesir deities. The name Roen may have been given to individuals who were believed to possess magical or spiritual qualities, or perhaps as a means of invoking protection from supernatural forces.
One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Roen can be found in the Icelandic Sagas, a collection of historical and fictional stories that date back to the 13th and 14th centuries. In the Saga of Erik the Red, there is a character named Roen Sigurdsson, a Norse explorer and settler who accompanied Erik the Red on his voyage to Greenland in the late 10th century.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the name Roen. In the 12th century, Roen Magnusson was a prominent Norwegian chieftain and landowner who played a significant role in the civil wars that plagued Norway during that period. In the 16th century, Roen Eriksson was a Swedish military commander who led Swedish forces in the Northern Seven Years' War against Denmark and Norway.
During the 17th century, Roen Jacobsen was a Dutch explorer and navigator who sailed with the Dutch East India Company and is credited with mapping parts of Australia and the Indian Ocean. In the 19th century, Roen Andersen was a Norwegian poet and playwright whose works explored themes of love, nature, and the struggles of rural life in Norway.
More recently, in the 20th century, Roen Westerlund was a Finnish soldier and war hero who distinguished himself during the Winter War against the Soviet Union in 1939-1940. He was awarded the Mannerheim Cross, Finland's highest military honor, for his bravery and leadership on the battlefield.
People
Roen + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Roen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Roen: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Roen?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,020 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Roen going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 336,034 US residents.
Is Roen a common name?
We classify Roen as "Rare". It ranks above 90.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,044 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Roen most popular?
The single biggest year for Roen was 2024, when 105 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Roen is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Roen a male name?
Yes, 89.8% of people registered as Roen in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.