# Rowen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rowen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “rowan tree” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,816 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,169 / 2,647 (24% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 650, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English rown (“rowan tree”).

## What it means

Rowen is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,687 |
| 2012 | 98 | 1,997 |
| 2013 | 89 | 2,133 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,936 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1,641 |
| 2016 | 177 | 1,344 |
| 2017 | 182 | 1,297 |
| 2018 | 187 | 1,247 |
| 2019 | 183 | 1,273 |
| 2020 | 143 | 1,499 |
| 2021 | 182 | 1,274 |
| 2022 | 162 | 1,411 |
| 2023 | 170 | 1,338 |
| 2024 | 183 | 1,273 |
| 2025 | 155 | 1,411 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 252 | 848 |
| 2012 | 236 | 890 |
| 2013 | 205 | 978 |
| 2014 | 294 | 786 |
| 2015 | 402 | 648 |
| 2016 | 399 | 657 |
| 2017 | 584 | 496 |
| 2018 | 586 | 493 |
| 2019 | 530 | 536 |
| 2020 | 524 | 541 |
| 2021 | 547 | 540 |
| 2022 | 567 | 526 |
| 2023 | 612 | 490 |
| 2024 | 709 | 445 |
| 2025 | 617 | 488 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 40 | 799 |
| 2023 | 33 | 929 |
| 2024 | 45 | 757 |
| 2025 | 43 | 771 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.