Meaning not yet researched.
Rowan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,212 in 2025. Its best rank was #59 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 81% of babies named Rowan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#59 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Rowan: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,212 boys in 2025. Peak: #59 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 5,212 (2025).
In 2025, 5,212 US boys were named Rowan, making it the 59th most common boys’ name of the year, up 12 places from #71 in 2024. That is 545 more than the 4,667 boys named Rowan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #59, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 5,212. For comparison, it was #219 in 2015 and #2,737 in 1950.
In 2025, 1,240 US girls were named Rowan, making it the 249th most common girls’ name of the year, up 17 places from #266 in 2024. That is 42 more than the 1,198 girls named Rowan in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #212, reached in 2018. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,459. For comparison, it was #331 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rowan in 103 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1916 with 5 babies. In all, 72,853 US babies have been given the name, 31% of them girls and 69% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 32,069 babies named Rowan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 36,068 US boys were named Rowan; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 5,212. In 2025 that was about 1 in 328 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rowan ranked highest in Wyoming in 2025, at #5 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 48 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Rowen (10,816 babies since 1880), Rowena (10,526 babies since 1880) and Rowyn (4,125 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rowynn, Rowin and Rowene are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rowynn (554), Rowin (262), Rowene (142), Rowann (21), Rowoon (7), Ruwan (6), Roewyn (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rowan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 19 | #5 | — |
| Colorado | 160 | #22 | #174 |
| North Dakota | 26 | #23 | #237 |
| New Hampshire | 41 | #23 | #108 |
| Utah | 108 | #25 | #178 |
| Vermont | 13 | #25 | #69 |
| Oregon | 91 | #26 | #95 |
| Maine | 31 | #26 | #110 |
| Iowa | 76 | #26 | #179 |
| Michigan | 203 | #28 | #157 |
| Rhode Island | 23 | #29 | #170 |
| Indiana | 146 | #30 | #187 |
| Louisiana | 91 | #31 | #215 |
| Mississippi | 54 | #33 | #229 |
| Idaho | 48 | #35 | #310 |
| South Dakota | 24 | #35 | #177 |
| Pennsylvania | 260 | #36 | #132 |
| Montana | 25 | #37 | #106 |
| Tennessee | 156 | #37 | #157 |
| Kentucky | 98 | #37 | #204 |
| Ohio | 237 | #38 | #142 |
| Washington | 143 | #39 | #127 |
| Alaska | 16 | #39 | #164 |
| Arkansas | 59 | #41 | #328 |
| Oklahoma | 78 | #42 | #212 |
| South Carolina | 92 | #42 | #225 |
| Massachusetts | 126 | #43 | #145 |
| Hawaii | 18 | #43 | — |
| Minnesota | 107 | #43 | #139 |
| Missouri | 125 | #45 | #211 |
| Kansas | 65 | #46 | #196 |
| Nebraska | 41 | #47 | #263 |
| Virginia | 150 | #49 | #156 |
| North Carolina | 197 | #50 | #246 |
| Alabama | 79 | #51 | #295 |
| Delaware | 17 | #53 | #198 |
| Wisconsin | 90 | #57 | #204 |
| West Virginia | 28 | #63 | #161 |
| Connecticut | 51 | #70 | #232 |
| Illinois | 147 | #75 | #244 |
| Georgia | 137 | #79 | #288 |
| Nevada | 38 | #79 | #201 |
| Maryland | 69 | #79 | #235 |
| New York | 222 | #79 | #261 |
| New Mexico | 22 | #86 | #309 |
| Arizona | 96 | #87 | #292 |
| Florida | 236 | #91 | #275 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | #95 | #208 |
| Texas | 397 | #102 | #380 |
| California | 364 | #110 | #284 |
| New Jersey | 62 | #163 | #576 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,240 | #249 | 5,212 | #59 |
| 2024 | 1,198 | #266 | 4,667 | #71 |
| 2023 | 1,288 | #234 | 4,215 | #76 |
| 2022 | 1,139 | #277 | 3,763 | #96 |
| 2021 | 1,262 | #241 | 3,648 | #105 |
| 2020 | 1,179 | #255 | 3,258 | #113 |
| 2019 | 1,353 | #230 | 3,223 | #118 |
| 2018 | 1,459 | #212 | 3,041 | #129 |
| 2017 | 1,448 | #213 | 2,847 | #140 |
| 2016 | 1,351 | #240 | 2,194 | #182 |
| 2015 | 989 | #331 | 1,816 | #219 |
| 2014 | 774 | #413 | 1,548 | #240 |
| 2013 | 714 | #427 | 1,197 | #292 |
| 2012 | 684 | #454 | 1,151 | #300 |
| 2011 | 544 | #534 | 1,047 | #309 |
| 2010 | 608 | #493 | 955 | #328 |
| 2009 | 616 | #497 | 958 | #332 |
| 2008 | 676 | #471 | 973 | #339 |
| 2007 | 711 | #453 | 869 | #365 |
| 2006 | 452 | #638 | 673 | #424 |
| 2005 | 347 | #766 | 603 | #437 |
| 2004 | 379 | #709 | 529 | #477 |
| 2003 | 245 | #957 | 328 | #626 |
| 2002 | 207 | #1,041 | 206 | #818 |
| 2001 | 174 | #1,180 | 197 | #828 |
| 2000 | 158 | #1,242 | 155 | #972 |
| 1999 | 140 | #1,302 | 143 | #992 |
| 1998 | 146 | #1,253 | 103 | #1,203 |
| 1997 | 167 | #1,128 | 109 | #1,142 |
| 1996 | 146 | #1,218 | 89 | #1,256 |
| 1995 | 106 | #1,500 | 64 | #1,506 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,633 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,170 | 38 | #2,119 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,397 | 42 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,615 | 39 | #1,976 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,718 | 29 | #2,419 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,442 | 27 | #2,459 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,552 | 29 | #2,185 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,569 | 14 | #3,473 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,492 | 20 | #2,674 |
| 1985 | 5 | #12,042 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,671 | 15 | #3,069 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,148 | 10 | #4,090 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,753 | 16 | #2,951 |
| 1981 | 6 | #10,087 | 20 | #2,477 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,974 | 11 | #3,800 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,527 |
| 1978 | — | — | 13 | #3,193 |
| 1976 | — | — | 12 | #3,227 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,775 | 9 | #3,887 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,551 |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,414 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,360 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,109 |
| 1969 | — | — | 10 | #3,030 |
| 1968 | — | — | 7 | #3,620 |
| 1967 | — | — | 8 | #3,192 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,195 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,860 |
| 1964 | — | — | 16 | #2,100 |
| 1963 | — | — | 5 | #4,523 |
| 1961 | — | — | 6 | #3,991 |
| 1960 | — | — | 5 | #4,506 |
| 1959 | — | — | 7 | #3,551 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,519 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,797 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,163 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,165 |
| 1954 | — | — | 5 | #4,282 |
| 1953 | — | — | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1952 | — | — | 12 | #2,354 |
| 1951 | — | — | 5 | #4,155 |
| 1950 | — | — | 9 | #2,737 |
| 1949 | — | — | 13 | #2,208 |
| 1948 | — | — | 10 | #2,587 |
| 1947 | — | — | 8 | #3,058 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,881 |
| 1945 | — | — | 11 | #2,223 |
| 1944 | — | — | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1943 | — | — | 7 | #3,190 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,055 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1940 | — | — | 5 | #3,852 |
| 1939 | — | — | 7 | #3,065 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,827 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,867 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #3,100 |
| 1935 | — | — | 7 | #3,207 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,373 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,574 |
| 1932 | — | — | 5 | #4,201 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,196 |
| 1928 | — | — | 11 | #2,620 |
| 1927 | — | — | 7 | #3,719 |
| 1926 | — | — | 8 | #3,333 |
| 1925 | — | — | 8 | #3,352 |
| 1924 | — | — | 6 | #4,264 |
| 1923 | — | — | 7 | #3,755 |
| 1922 | — | — | 11 | #2,771 |
| 1921 | — | — | 9 | #3,175 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,853 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #4,091 |
| 1918 | — | — | 7 | #3,649 |
| 1916 | — | — | 5 | #4,404 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).