Rowe
#2,636 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rowe has been given to 712 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #2,636 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 50 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.
Babies named Rowe, 2025
1 in 66,300
Rowe over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Rowe over time
In 2025, Rowe went to 47% girls and 53% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Rowe?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 66,300
- 50 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 34,200
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,636
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 45,959 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rowe sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 45,959 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rowe. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rowes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rowe was born before 2016 — so the typical Rowe is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 39.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 64.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 360
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 39.8% of all recorded uses (210).
Is Rowe rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +953
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,077
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +3,302
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 3.33×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (50)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 36.2% average annual change
Spellings of Rowe
Rowe is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 21.1% against Rowe's 0.02%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Rowe is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Rowe was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,790,560 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rowe has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Rowe is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Rowe was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,851,917 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rowe has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Rowe around the world
Where Rowe ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2019–2025#1,307in 2025
- Scotland2025–2025#762in 2025
- Canada2020–2021#2,989in 2021
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Rowe by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Rowe
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rowe
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.