Rowan
Rowan is ranked 71st among boys in 2024 (4,647 births). Its best rank was 71st, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #71up 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4,6470.27% of boys
- Peak year
- 20244,647 births
- Best rank
- #71in 2024
- Since 1916
- 66,362people given the name
The story in the numbers
45,386 boys have been named Rowan in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 4,647 births — 0.27% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 43%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 3 of them in the top 100.
Rowan is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (20,976), most of them born around 2018.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rowan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | |
| 1920s | 72 | |
| 1930s | 72 | |
| 1940s | 76 | |
| 1950s | 77 | |
| 1960s | 71 | |
| 1970s | 78 | |
| 1980s | 182 | |
| 1990s | 709 | |
| 2000s | 5,491 | |
| 2010s | 19,018 | |
| 2020s | 19,522 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Rowan was the 71st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Rowan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Summitpeak 2022
- Arhampeak 2024
- Luccapeak 2020
- Ashpeak 2023
- Yunuspeak 2023
- Rangerpeak 2022
- Knowledgepeak 2020
- Mateopeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.