Rowan**
#397 most common boys' name of all time · #871 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1916–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#397
Rank overall
#871 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
72,853
Since 2016
48,985
Peak year
2025 #59
Best rank
#59 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 6,452/yr
Rowan first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,240 | 5,212 | 6,452 | #59 |
| 2024 | 1,198 | 4,667 | 5,865 | #71 |
| 2023 | 1,288 | 4,215 | 5,503 | #76 |
| 2022 | 1,139 | 3,763 | 4,902 | #96 |
| 2021 | 1,262 | 3,648 | 4,910 | #105 |
| 2020 | 1,179 | 3,258 | 4,437 | #113 |
| 2019 | 1,353 | 3,223 | 4,576 | #118 |
| 2018 | 1,459 | 3,041 | 4,500 | #129 |
| 2017 | 1,448 | 2,847 | 4,295 | #140 |
| 2016 | 1,351 | 2,194 | 3,545 | #182 |
| 2015 | 989 | 1,816 | 2,805 | #219 |
| 2014 | 774 | 1,548 | 2,322 | #240 |
| 2013 | 714 | 1,197 | 1,911 | #292 |
| 2012 | 684 | 1,151 | 1,835 | #300 |
| 2011 | 544 | 1,047 | 1,591 | #309 |
| 2010 | 608 | 955 | 1,563 | #328 |
| 2009 | 616 | 958 | 1,574 | #332 |
| 2008 | 676 | 973 | 1,649 | #339 |
| 2007 | 711 | 869 | 1,580 | #365 |
| 2006 | 452 | 673 | 1,125 | #424 |
| 2005 | 347 | 603 | 950 | #437 |
| 2004 | 379 | 529 | 908 | #477 |
| 2003 | 245 | 328 | 573 | #626 |
| 2002 | 207 | 206 | 413 | #816 |
| 2001 | 174 | 197 | 371 | #828 |
| 2000 | 158 | 155 | 313 | #970 |
| 1999 | 140 | 143 | 283 | #989 |
| 1998 | 146 | 103 | 249 | #1,200 |
| 1997 | 167 | 109 | 276 | #1,140 |
| 1996 | 146 | 89 | 235 | #1,251 |
| 1995 | 106 | 64 | 170 | #1,497 |
| 1994 | 93 | 53 | 146 | #1,697 |
| 1993 | 62 | 38 | 100 | #2,101 |
| 1992 | 33 | 42 | 75 | #1,926 |
| 1991 | 30 | 39 | 69 | #1,966 |
| 1990 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #2,398 |
| 1989 | 13 | 27 | 40 | #2,429 |
| 1988 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #2,170 |
| 1987 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #3,404 |
| 1986 | 11 | 20 | 31 | #2,628 |
| 1985 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #2,541 |
| 1984 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #3,008 |
| 1983 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #2,881 |
| 1981 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #2,441 |
| 1980 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,696 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,426 |
| 1978 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,116 |
| 1976 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,161 |
| 1975 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #3,764 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,333 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,195 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,125 |
| 1971 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,049 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,953 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,510 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,117 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,121 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,709 |
| 1964 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,323 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,859 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,322 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,473 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,446 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,756 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,129 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,123 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,115 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1952 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,347 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,027 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,209 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,575 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,044 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,860 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,225 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,601 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1942 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #3,890 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,789 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,065 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,820 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,876 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,196 |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,385 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,564 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,128 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,203 |
| 1928 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,646 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,366 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,202 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,745 |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,791 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,189 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,712 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,066 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,679 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,491 |