Rowan

girls:

19.8k births since 1942

#1038 (82nd percentile)

boys:

40.7k births since 1916

#559 (88th percentile)

overall:

60.5k births since 1916

#958 (88th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rowan".

1916 2023 19162023

Key Statistics

Total Births
19,775
Peak Births
1,459
Peak Year
2017
First Recorded
1942
Peak Percentile
78.5%
Current Percentile
76.5%
Peak Rank
#205
Current Rank
#223
Female statistics
Total Births
40,704
Peak Births
4,195
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1916
Peak Percentile
92.0%
Current Percentile
92.0%
Peak Rank
#74
Current Rank
#74
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Rowan

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rowan. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.0% confident that Rowan is pronounced as ROH-uhn. The next most likely pronunciation is ROH-ihn, at 13.0% confidence.

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ROH-ihn (2 syllables)
Verified
13.0% confidence
R OW1 IH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Rowan. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Rowan, please vote using the thumbs up button.

ROH-huhn (2 syllables)
3 names 11.9k births
R OW1 HH AH0 N
ROH-ehn (2 syllables)
7 names 10.7k births
R OW1 EH0 N

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like R OW1 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.