Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rowe**

#5,900 most common boys' name of all time · #14,689 across all names · 74% male / 26% female · used 1914–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#5,900
Rank overall
#14,689 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
712
Since 2016
454
Peak year
2025 #2,606
Best rank
#2,180 1915
Girls Boys peak 95/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rowe first appears in 1914. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 45 50 95 #2,606
2024 23 32 55 #3,536
2023 27 37 64 #3,238
2022 24 37 61 #3,232
2021 15 25 40 #4,137
2020 13 29 42 #3,670
2019 7 19 26 #4,976
2018 15 13 28 #6,388
2017 17 17 #5,327
2016 11 15 26 #5,820
2015 5 15 20 #5,776
2014 5 5 #12,251
2013 16 16 #5,434
2012 15 15 #5,745
2009 7 7 #9,949
2008 7 7 #9,971
1955 5 5 #4,105
1953 6 6 #3,614
1951 5 5 #3,960
1950 5 5 #3,909
1947 5 5 #3,984
1946 6 6 #3,381
1945 7 7 #2,910
1943 7 7 #3,128
1939 7 7 #3,020
1937 5 5 #3,788
1936 8 8 #2,797
1935 11 11 #2,364
1934 8 8 #2,911
1933 5 5 #3,894
1932 6 6 #3,600
1931 9 9 #2,817
1928 6 6 #3,921
1925 11 11 #2,712
1923 7 7 #3,670
1922 12 12 #2,605
1921 7 7 #3,724
1919 8 8 #3,307
1918 7 7 #3,585
1916 6 6 #3,729
1915 13 13 #2,180
1914 6 6 #3,238