Rowan
The 2025 national count puts Rowan at #59, and rising year over year. First recorded 1916, best year 2025, 50,628 bearers across the whole run.
Rowan’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Rowan, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Rowan since 1916
Rowan peaked for girls in 2018 at #212 and stands at #249 in 2025. Rowan stands at its boys' all-time peak, #59, right now.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Rowan is most common
Among the states, Rowan takes its largest share in Wyoming, 1.74% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Vermont and New Hampshire next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Rowan
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Riley
#48 in 2025
Roman
#42 in 2025
River
#111 in 2025
Raelynn
#116 in 2025
Ryder
#133 in 2025
Rylee
#137 in 2025
Remi
#145 in 2025
Ryker
#183 in 2025
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About Rowan
How popular is the name Rowan?
The 2025 national count puts Rowan at #59, and rising year over year. The full curve since 1916 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Rowan mean?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Rowan, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Which names sit near Rowan?
The recipe puts Riley first, then River, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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