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Rowen

#488 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Rowan tree

Rowen has been given to 10,816 babies in the U.S. since 1944. In 2025 it ranked #488 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 709 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Rowen, 2025

1 in 5,370

Rowen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Rowen over time

In 2025, Rowen went to 20% girls and 80% boys.

19442025

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.

Rowen: meaning, origin, and history

Rowan tree

surname transfer

What Rowen means

Rowen means “rowan tree”, associated with rown.

Origin, language, and formation

Rowen is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Rowen comes through Middle English rown.

Rowen is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,169 boys were recorded with the name Rowen between 1944 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 709 in 2024; its best national rank was #445 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #541 in 2020 to #488 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #648 in 2015 to #488 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,647 girls were recorded with the name Rowen between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 187 in 2018; its best national rank was #1,247 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,499 in 2020 to #1,411 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,641 in 2015 to #1,411 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rowen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,370
617 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,770
0.04% of boys
Rank, 2025
#488
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
3,725 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rowen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 5009%

Put another way: gather 3,725 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rowen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rowens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rowen was born before 2019 — so the typical Rowen is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,164
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2010s — 45.1% of all recorded uses (3,687).

Is Rowen 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
−43
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+53
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+160
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.53×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
87.0%
Peak was 2024 (709)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#445
2024

Spellings of Rowen

Rowen is not the most common spelling — Roger is, with 33.5% against Rowen's 0.62%.

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 Rowen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rowen was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 1,176 boys, against 1 in 2,816 across all states with data. It was least common in New Mexico (1 in 14,286).

785 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in 1,176
  2. 2Iowa1 in 1,316
  3. 3Nebraska1 in 1,370
  4. 4Idaho1 in 1,389
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 1,389
  6. 6Oregon1 in 1,449
  7. 7Maine1 in 1,493
  8. 8Indiana1 in 1,515

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.

Geographically, Rowen is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 29% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Rowen is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Rowen was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 5,000 girls, against 1 in 10,906 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 50,000).

220 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 5,000
  2. 2Utah1 in 5,263
  3. 3Arizona1 in 6,250
  4. 4Missouri1 in 6,250
  5. 5Washington1 in 6,250
  6. 6Wisconsin1 in 6,667
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 6,667
  8. 8Indiana1 in 7,143

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.

Rowen around the world

Where Rowen 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 & Wales
    1996–2025
    #771
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1997–2025
    #647
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2024–2025
    #577
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2025
    #3,165
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1997–2024
    #594
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1951–1996
    #540
    in 1996

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Rowen

People whose public names include Rowen, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rowen in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Rowen. Linked forms have their own page here.

OwenRavenRowanRowena

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Rowen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#488
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 53
Best rank ever
#445
2024
Peak year
2024
709 that year
First recorded
1944
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,169
Count in 2025
617

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,411
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 88
Best rank ever
#1,247
2018
Peak year
2018
187 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,647
Count in 2025
155

Names similar to Rowen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RowdyBowenRowanRowlandRowynRowinRoweLowenKowenCowenOwenEwenGwenRowleyRownanRowellEdwenJowenRowoonRowdeySwenJaywenWenKaiwen

Names with a curve like Rowen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rowen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LuccaKysonKaisonKaysenLeonidasAyaanAzariahApolloCassiusLachlanEdenSylas

Sibling names for Rowen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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