Rowyn
#699 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rowyn has been given to 4,125 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #699 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 407 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.
Babies named Rowyn, 2025
1 in 8,150
Rowyn 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Rowyn over time
In 2025, Rowyn went to 85% girls and 15% 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 Rowyn?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 8,150
- 407 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 3,950
- 0.03% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #699
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 5,647 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rowyn 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 5,647 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rowyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rowyns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rowyn was born before 2020 — so the typical Rowyn is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 51.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 3,326
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 51.6% of all recorded uses (1,717).
Is Rowyn 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
- +82
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +494
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +769
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.59×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (407)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 25.0% average annual change
Spellings of Rowyn
Rowyn is not the most common spelling — Robin is, with 62.1% against Rowyn's 0.71%.
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 Rowyn is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Rowyn was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 1,563 girls, against 1 in 6,401 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).
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.
Geographically, Rowyn is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 68% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names
Where Rowyn is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Rowyn was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 70,218 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Ohio1 in 20,000
- 2Colorado1 in 50,000
- 3Missouri1 in 50,000
- 4South Carolina1 in 50,000
- 5California1 in 100,000
- 6Florida1 in 100,000
- 7Michigan1 in 100,000
- 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
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.
Rowyn around the world
Where Rowyn 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 & Wales2018–2025#4,867in 2025
- Scotland2021–2025#632in 2025
- Ireland2025–2025#885in 2025
- Canada2004–2024#856in 2024
- South Australia1980–1980#634in 1980
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, 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. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Rowyn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Rowyn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Rowyn
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rowyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Rowyn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.