Rowdy
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #940 for boys in 2025, 250 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 251 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,980since 1959
Rowdy over time
Rank among boys' names. Rowdy has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | #940 | 250 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #922 | 251 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #1,003 | 219 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #1,069 | 205 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #1,092 | 192 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,158 | 167 |
| 2019 | — | #1,459 | 119 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #1,335 | 135 |
| 2017 | — | #1,433 | 120 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,373 | 129 |
| 2015 | — | #1,327 | 133 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,285 | 138 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,376 | 122 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,490 | 108 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,331 | 127 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,574 | 100 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,309 | 133 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,240 | 140 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,496 | 106 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,447 | 107 |
| 2005 | — | #1,691 | 79 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,582 | 83 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,815 | 65 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,708 | 68 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,659 | 70 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,879 | 52 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,536 | 70 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,657 | 60 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,872 | 48 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,736 | 51 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,471 | 65 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,524 | 60 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,820 | 45 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,895 | 41 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,780 | 44 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,993 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,734 | 38 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,385 | 51 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,452 | 46 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,435 | 35 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,396 | 36 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,280 | 38 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,258 | 36 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,476 | 27 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,206 | 40 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,236 | 39 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,496 | 29 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rowdy! It came in at #1,709, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1978, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.
Where Rowdy is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#168 · 1 in 472
- North Dakota#208 · 1 in 588
- Mississippi#284 · 1 in 1,090
- Oklahoma#292 · 1 in 1,122
- Arkansas#543 · 1 in 2,599
Best ever in a state: #168 in South Dakota, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #168 | 8 | 1 in 472 |
| North Dakota | #208 | 6 | 1 in 588 |
| Mississippi | #284 | 11 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Oklahoma | #292 | 16 | 1 in 1,122 |
| Arkansas | #543 | 5 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Utah | #560 | 7 | 1 in 2,743 |
| Louisiana | #581 | 8 | 1 in 2,717 |
| Arizona | #749 | 7 | 1 in 4,660 |
| Texas | #757 | 33 | 1 in 5,186 |
| Ohio | #1,002 | 7 | 1 in 7,745 |
| Tennessee | #1,017 | 5 | 1 in 7,167 |
| Georgia | #1,301 | 5 | 1 in 10,074 |
| California | #1,306 | 14 | 1 in 13,527 |
| Florida | #1,758 | 5 | 1 in 18,552 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rowdy
- 18 spots since 2024 (#922 → #940)
- 218 spots since 2020 (#1,158 → #940)
- 387 spots since 2015 (#1,327 → #940)
- Biggest jump: 81 spots in 2024 (#1,003 → #922)
- Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2025 (#922 → #940)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2024 at #922 (251 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Highest: 1 in 6,832 boys born in 2025 were named Rowdy (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #922 in 2024, was only 1 in 6,864 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.8% of all boys named Rowdy (1,284) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | #1,709 (1959) | #1,709 |
| 1960s | 348 | #1,147 (1962) | #1,333 |
| 1970s | 281 | #1,396 (1970) | #1,778 |
| 1980s | 355 | #1,385 (1986) | #1,796 |
| 1990s | 536 | #1,471 (1994) | #1,717 |
| 2000s | 923 | #1,240 (2008) | #1,558 |
| 2010s | 1,231 | #1,285 (2014) | #1,398 |
| 2020s | 1,284 | #922 (2024) | #1,031 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rowdy in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 205,108 of them was named Rowdy, which outranked 36.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,292Zuleika9
- #10,292Zuli9
- #10,292Zuliana9
- #11,146Rowdy8
- #11,146Aadhyareddy8
- #11,146Aadriti8
- #11,146Aafiya8
- #12,206Aadhini7
- #12,206Aaditri7
- #12,206Aala7
Tied with 1,059 names at #11,146; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 9,112 of them was named Rowdy, which outranked 92.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,089Karim194
- #1,090Kyren193
- #1,090Toby193
- #1,092Rowdy192
- #1,092Kolson192
- #1,092Kross192
- #1,092True192
- #1,098Kooper191
- #1,098Lux191
- #1,100Adiel190
Tied with 5 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.