Unisex name · since 1916
Rowan
50,628 babies named Rowan in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #508 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #59 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50,628
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
50,628 babies have been named Rowan since 1916, making it today's #59 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rowan has been recorded 50,628 times among boys since 1916, currently ranked #59 nationally and more common than 99.6% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #508 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #59 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 50,628 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rowan ranks #508 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #59 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 50,628 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #508 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #59 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50,628
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rowan's 50,628 recorded births place it above 98.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Rowan compares
50,628 Top 4% higher than 96% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rowan's all-time total is 137x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rowan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50,628 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5,212 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rowan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rowan splits its recorded history at 1973: 99% of all births land in the more recent half, 1% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 5,212 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rowan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 5,212
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Rowan popularity over time - girls
22,225 total births recorded since 1942 (Rowan as girls' name)
Rowan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24,763 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Rowan's strongest decade.
24,763 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Rowan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s 72
1920s
72 births
- 1930s 72
1930s
72 births
- 1940s 76
1940s
76 births
- 1950s 77
1950s
77 births
- 1960s 71
1960s
71 births
- 1970s 78
1970s
78 births
- 1980s 182
1980s
182 births
- 1990s 709
1990s
709 births
- 2000s 5,491
2000s
5,491 births
- 2010s
2010s
19,019 births
- 2020s
2020s
24,763 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24,763 births (49% of all-time use).
How Rowan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Rowan's total volume
Rowan by state
Where Rowan concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,214 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,141 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,443 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 2,404 | 4.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 2,058 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 2,022 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Washington | | 1,829 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,721 | 3.4% |
4,214 of 50,628 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Rowan appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rowan's data
- California records the most Rowans (4,214 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rowan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rowan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.