Rowdy — #926 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rowdy

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,727 babies named Rowdy between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rowdy currently holds the #926 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 250 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rowdy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rowdy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,026 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rowdy in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rowdy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,727 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.