Rowdy

What Rowdy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Rowdy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,327 in 2015 to #940 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rowdy?

US: Rising: up from #1327 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 250 boys got the name (#940 that year). First in the US records in 1959.

How common

• About 1 in 6,832 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.2 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.93 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.74 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rowdy is #940 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.0% of US babies named Rowdy were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rudy354 US · 341 E&W
• Roddy10 US
• Ruddy9 US
• Rody8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rowdy

Boys

• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025

For a sister

• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Lainey#30Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #576 in 2015, #30 in 2025
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rowdy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.