first name
ROWAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 40,085 people named Rowan, 81.6% reported their origin as White, 7.5% as two or more races and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 63.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rowan peaked in 2025, when 6,452 babies got the name.
At least 72,853 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Rowan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #98. The largest share of babies named Rowan, 76.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rowan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rowan has been most common in Alaska (2.7×), Oregon (2.5×), and Colorado (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.43×).
69,947 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Rowan
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rowan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rowan ranks #2,626 of 156,621, with 13,418 people. See Rowan as a last name
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