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Rowan
Pronounced /ɹəʊən/
Rank in 2024
#71
Born in 2024
4,647
Peak year
2024 · #71
Origin
English, Irish
Also recorded for girls:1,193 in 2024 (#266)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,647 boys were named Rowan, about 1 in every 369.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1916.
- 45,386 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 1.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 79 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 120 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 148 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 128 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 525 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,999 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 35,387 babies, 1.63 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.