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How popular is the name Rowena?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rowenas are alive today.
Rowena (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 45 babies were given the name, the 571st most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak.
The Rowena you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Rowenas born in England and Wales are between 16 and 29, and there are at least 400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rowena - on average, only one in every 788 such rooms contains a Rowena.
How many babies are named Rowena each year?
Where does Rowena rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Rowena most popular?
Rowena peaked in 1997, when 45 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Rowena?
At least 400 people named Rowena born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rowena?
Most living Rowenas are between 16 and 29; the most common age is about 29.
Is Rowena becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.