Rowyn

What Rowyn means

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

Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Rowyn in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rowyn?

US: Rising: up from #1464 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 407 girls got the name (#694 that year). First in the US records in 1999.

How common

• About 1 in 3,949 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 63,320 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls 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 SD (1.64 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.02 per 1,000 girls), KS (1.02 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Rowyn is #694 in the US and #4867 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 84.8% of US babies named Rowyn were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rowynn56 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 Rowyn

Girls

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Poppy#292Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #7 vs #292 in 2025
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025

For a brother

• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*

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 Rowyn’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.