Unisex name · since 1944
Rowen
8,169 babies named Rowen in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,361 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #487 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,169
- born since 1944
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rowen is the #487 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 8,169 recorded since 1944.
Rowen has 8,169 recorded births among boys since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #487 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #1,361 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #487 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,169 born since 1944
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rowen ranks #1,361 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #487 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,169 born since 1944, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,361 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #487 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,169
- born since 1944
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rowen's 8,169 recorded births place it above 97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Rowen compares
8,169 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Rowen's all-time total is 22x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rowen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,169 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 709 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rowen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rowen's full recorded timeline at 2008, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 709 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rowen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 709
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Rowen popularity over time - girls
2,647 total births recorded since 1994 (Rowen as girls' name)
Rowen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,687 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Rowen's strongest decade.
3,687 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Rowen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1990s 63
1990s
63 births
- 2000s 838
2000s
838 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,687 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,576 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,687 births (45% of all-time use).
How Rowen 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 Rowen's total volume
Rowen by state
Where Rowen concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 602 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 558 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 447 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 346 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 329 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 322 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 259 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Washington | | 257 | 3.1% |
602 of 8,169 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Rowen appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rowen's data
- Rowen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,687 total births) through the 2020s (3,576) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Rowens (602 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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Names with a similar popularity rank to Rowen
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rowen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Rowen 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.