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Rowan
Pronounced /ɹəʊən/
Rank in 2024
#266
Born in 2024
1,193
Peak year
2018 · #211
Origin
English, Irish
Also recorded for boys:4,647 in 2024 (#71)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,193 girls were named Rowan, about 1 in every 1,352.
- It peaked in 2018 with 1,459 babies, ranked #211.
- It first shows up in the records in 1942.
- 20,976 girls have been named Rowan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Rowan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 7 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 14 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 556 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,254 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,145 babies, 0.70 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicised from the Irish saints' name Ruadhán (“little red one”), or as a surname from Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).
- A male given name from Irish.
- A unisex given name from English of modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree.
- Origin
- English, Irish
- Say it
- /ɹəʊən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Rowan, CC BY-SA 4.0.