Roshana
Roshana Taquise Palmer is a Canadian Positive/Inspirational R&B singer-songwriter managed by S4 Entertainment.
Meaning & Origin of Roshana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roshana Taquise Palmer is a Canadian Positive/Inspirational R&B singer-songwriter managed by S4 Entertainment.
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The Story of Roshana
Roshana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 10 Roshanas were born — ranking #5,958 that year. As of 2026, Roshana ranks #11,801 for baby girls with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 125 Roshanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Roshana
Roshana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 125 births in the dataset. Roshana's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #5,958. Use the chart and map above to compare Roshana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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