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Rowan name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Rowan ranks #59 in male records (5,212 reported) and #249 in female records (1,240 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Rowan becoming more popular?

Rowan's reported male count increased by 545 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #71 to #59. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

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Rowan has five letters and appears in both female and male US records. Its popularity varies by category, so there is more context in the two figures than in a single combined rank. Compare Rowan with Ronan rather than treating them as alternate spellings of one name. Both are five letters, but the letters and sound differ, and SSA records them separately.

Rowan in US records, 1996–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for RowanFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.5,2120199620251996: 146 female records1997: 167 female records1998: 146 female records1999: 140 female records2000: 158 female records2001: 174 female records2002: 207 female records2003: 245 female records2004: 379 female records2005: 347 female records2006: 452 female records2007: 711 female records2008: 676 female records2009: 616 female records2010: 608 female records2011: 544 female records2012: 684 female records2013: 714 female records2014: 774 female records2015: 989 female records2016: 1,351 female records2017: 1,448 female records2018: 1,459 female records2019: 1,353 female records2020: 1,179 female records2021: 1,262 female records2022: 1,139 female records2023: 1,288 female records2024: 1,198 female records2025: 1,240 female records1996: 89 male records1997: 109 male records1998: 103 male records1999: 143 male records2000: 155 male records2001: 197 male records2002: 206 male records2003: 328 male records2004: 529 male records2005: 603 male records2006: 673 male records2007: 869 male records2008: 973 male records2009: 958 male records2010: 955 male records2011: 1,047 male records2012: 1,151 male records2013: 1,197 male records2014: 1,548 male records2015: 1,816 male records2016: 2,194 male records2017: 2,847 male records2018: 3,041 male records2019: 3,223 male records2020: 3,258 male records2021: 3,648 male records2022: 3,763 male records2023: 4,215 male records2024: 4,667 male records2025: 5,212 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251,2402495,21259
20241,1982664,66771
20231,2882344,21576
20221,1392773,76396
20211,2622413,648105
20201,1792553,258113
20191,3532303,223118
20181,4592123,041129
20171,4482132,847140
20161,3512402,194182
20159893311,816219
20147744131,548240
20137144271,197292
20126844541,151300
20115445341,047309
2010608493955328
2009616497958332
2008676471973339
2007711453869365
2006452638673424
2005347766603437
2004379709529477
2003245957328626
20022071,041206818
20011741,180197828
20001581,242155972
19991401,302143992
19981461,2531031,203
19971671,1281091,142
19961461,218891,256

Questions about Rowan’s popularity

How common is Rowan in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Rowan ranks #59 in male records (5,212 reported) and #249 in female records (1,240 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Rowan?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Rowan only.

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