Rowe

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Peak · boys
#2,070
1915 · 13 births
Debut · boys
1914
6 births
In top 100 · boys
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of 146 years
Total births · boys
527
since 1914

Rowe over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,070, 1915girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,38945#2,60450
2024#5,44323#3,52432
2023#4,87327#3,22837
2022#5,30924#3,21637
2021#7,25015#4,11825
2020#7,96913#3,65329
2019#12,4487#4,95119
2018#7,40915#6,34513
2017—#5,29717
2016#9,41111#5,78915
2015#16,4195#5,74615
2014—#12,1085
2013—#5,40416
2012—#5,72015
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Rowe! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rowe is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Rowe, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #2,285 in Texas, 2025.

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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 Rowe
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 920 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #2,604)
  • 1,049 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #2,604)
  • 3,142 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #2,604)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1915 at #2,070 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1916, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,162
  • Highest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 were named Rowe (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,070 in 1915, was only 1 in 65,275 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 39.8% of all boys named Rowe (210) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
  • Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s40#2,070 (1915)#2,997
1920s43#2,486 (1922)#3,151
1930s59#2,246 (1935)#2,952
1940s25#2,743 (1945)#3,153
1950s21#3,425 (1953)#3,677
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2000s14#9,864 (2009)#9,868
2010s115#4,951 (2019)#6,420
2020s210#2,604 (2025)#3,391

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.

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