Recorded 1916–2025 · United States
Rowan was most popular in 2025, when 6,452 American babies were given the name — ranking #61 that year. In 2025 it ranked #61, with 6,452 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 72,853 people named Rowan.
Rowan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1916, which makes it about 109 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 103 of the 110 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 72,853 American births named Rowan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 72,034 are estimated to be alive today.
6,452 American babies were named Rowan in 2025, ranking #61 that year.
Rowan is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 5,526 births a year, against 2,093 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +164% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Rowan is a unisex name — 30.5% of the 72,853 Americans given it were girls and 69.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 26% girls and 74% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 72,034 Americans named Rowan are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 7 years old, and half are between 4 and 13. That is a narrow band because Rowan is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org