Rowen
- #1,406 for girls in 2025, 155 births
- #486 for boys in 2025, 617 births
- Given to boys 75.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 709 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,169since 1944
Rowen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1944 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,406 | 155 | #486 | 617 |
| 2024 | #1,270 | 183 | #445 | 709 |
| 2023 | #1,330 | 170 | #490 | 612 |
| 2022 | #1,406 | 162 | #523 | 567 |
| 2021 | #1,273 | 182 | #539 | 547 |
| 2020 | #1,494 | 143 | #541 | 524 |
| 2019 | #1,267 | 183 | #535 | 530 |
| 2018 | #1,243 | 187 | #492 | 586 |
| 2017 | #1,291 | 182 | #495 | 584 |
| 2016 | #1,338 | 177 | #656 | 399 |
| 2015 | #1,636 | 131 | #648 | 402 |
| 2014 | #1,922 | 104 | #785 | 294 |
| 2013 | #2,122 | 89 | #974 | 205 |
| 2012 | #1,983 | 98 | #888 | 236 |
| 2011 | #2,664 | 66 | #848 | 252 |
| 2010 | #2,841 | 61 | #989 | 199 |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | #1,134 | 162 |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | #1,303 | 133 |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 | #1,124 | 160 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | #1,454 | 106 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #1,711 | 78 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | #1,748 | 72 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #2,349 | 45 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1944
The first year at least five boys were named Rowen! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rowen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#254 · 1 in 880
- Idaho#302 · 1 in 1,079
- Louisiana#314 · 1 in 1,196
- Indiana#317 · 1 in 1,319
- Wisconsin#340 · 1 in 1,465
Best ever in a state: #158 in New Hampshire, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Idaho | #302 | 8 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Louisiana | #314 | 16 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Indiana | #317 | 24 | 1 in 1,319 |
| Wisconsin | #340 | 16 | 1 in 1,465 |
| Iowa | #346 | 10 | 1 in 1,383 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Ohio | #363 | 30 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Pennsylvania | #363 | 30 | 1 in 1,742 |
| Washington | #364 | 20 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Tennessee | #372 | 22 | 1 in 1,671 |
| Kentucky | #375 | 13 | 1 in 1,580 |
| Utah | #378 | 12 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Oklahoma | #395 | 11 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Virginia | #408 | 19 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Michigan | #420 | 20 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Arkansas | #444 | 7 | 1 in 1,798 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 23 | 1 in 2,238 |
| South Carolina | #470 | 10 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Florida | #478 | 38 | 1 in 2,514 |
| Alabama | #525 | 9 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Texas | #526 | 62 | 1 in 2,823 |
| Illinois | #532 | 18 | 1 in 2,753 |
| Minnesota | #552 | 9 | 1 in 2,722 |
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,378 |
| Missouri | #559 | 10 | 1 in 2,781 |
| California | #582 | 51 | 1 in 3,441 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
| Georgia | #673 | 14 | 1 in 3,587 |
| New York | #745 | 19 | 1 in 4,443 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
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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 Rowen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 41 spots since 2024 (#445 → #486)
- 55 spots since 2020 (#541 → #486)
- Biggest jump: 189 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 2024 at #445 (709 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,430
- Highest: 1 in 2,430 boys born in 2024 were named Rowen (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,768 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.1% of all boys named Rowen (3,687) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,430 (1944) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 63 | #5,466 (1998) | #7,390 |
| 2000s | 838 | #1,124 (2007) | #2,070 |
| 2010s | 3,687 | #492 (2018) | #731 |
| 2020s | 3,576 | #445 (2024) | #504 |
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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