Rowena — #3381 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rowena

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,491 babies named Rowena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rowena currently holds the #3381 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 224 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rowena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,774 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rowena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 741 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rowena in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rowena 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 10,491 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.