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How popular is the name Rowen?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rowens are alive today.

Rowen (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Rowan in England and Wales, ranked 771st in 2025 with 43 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 45 babies were given the name, the 757th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

Across all spellings of the name, the Rowan you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Rowans born in England and Wales are between 4 and 18, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 5.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Rowan.

How many babies are named Rowen each year?

Includes all spellings: Rowen, Rowan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05001k2k200020201996: 1751997: 1841998: 2281999: 2422000: 2132001: 2102002: 2052003: 2612004: 3022005: 3252006: 3362007: 3832008: 3742009: 3632010: 4302011: 4832012: 4602013: 5122014: 5132015: 5922016: 6322017: 6422018: 7262019: 7512020: 7892021: 9622022: 1,0252023: 1,1262024: 1,2912025: 1,441actual

Where does the Rowen spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,3371998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 2,5012003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 3,8492006: ranked 2,2822007: ranked 2,0232008: ranked 2,2762009: ranked 2,8372010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 2,0392012: ranked 1,9622013: ranked 1,3392014: ranked 1,9352015: ranked 1,2792016: ranked 1,8042017: ranked 1,5462018: ranked 1,3822019: ranked 1,4392020: ranked 1,5482021: ranked 1,1392022: ranked 7992023: ranked 9292024: ranked 7572025: ranked 771

Where does the Rowan spelling rank?

110100200200020201996: ranked 1881997: ranked 1811998: ranked 1551999: ranked 1472000: ranked 1692001: ranked 1702002: ranked 1772003: ranked 1632004: ranked 1552005: ranked 1472006: ranked 1502007: ranked 1432008: ranked 1492009: ranked 1552010: ranked 1422011: ranked 1352012: ranked 1372013: ranked 1232014: ranked 1272015: ranked 1112016: ranked 1052017: ranked 1032018: ranked 892019: ranked 822020: ranked 712021: ranked 632022: ranked 612023: ranked 512024: ranked 412025: ranked 30

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.

Chart: babies named Rowen per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 1,441 in 2025
Rowen: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rowen most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Rowan, peaked in 2025, when 1,441 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Rowen spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 45 babies.

How many people are called Rowen?

At least 17,000 people named Rowen in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rowen?

Most living Rowens are between 4 and 18; the most common age is about 2.

Is Rowen becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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