Rowen

What Rowen means

Means “rowan tree”

From Middle English rown (“rowan tree”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rowen” (revision 85442248), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rowen?

US: Rising: up from #648 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1279 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 709 boys got the name (#445 that year). First in the US records in 1944.

How common

• About 1 in 2,768 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,324 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland 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 WV (1.14 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.93 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.84 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Rowen is #486 in the US and #771 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 79.9% of US babies named Rowen were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rowan5,212 US · 1,398 E&W
• Rowin17 US
• Rawen0 US · 8 E&W
• Rowoon7 US
• Rawan0 US · 4 E&W

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 Rowen

Boys

• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Zayne#473Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*

For a sister

• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rowen’s. Rank is US 2025.