girls:
2.3k births since 1994
#3599 (37th percentile)
boys:
6.8k births since 1944
#1424 (69th percentile)
overall:
9.1k births since 1944
#2822 (64th percentile)
The name Rowen is the #2,822 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,140 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 63.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,424 (68.9% percentile) for all time with 6,834 births since 1944. For girls, it ranks #3,599 (37.0% percentile) for all time with 2,306 births since 1994.
Rowen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (1944 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Rowen is available in 34 out of the 80 years between 1944 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rowen has been given predominantly to boys, with 74.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 78.2% of babies named Rowen were boys.
For boys, Rowen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 51.6% percentile (ranked #441) with 333 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 333 births per million (ranked 51.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rowen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #441 (51.6% percentile) with 333 births per million.
For girls, Rowen reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 19.0% percentile (ranked #779) with 101 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 101 births per million (ranked 18.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rowen is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #782 (17.4% percentile) with 97 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rowen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rowen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Rowen is pronounced as ROH-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ROH-ehn, at 9.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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