Rowena
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 41 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,526since 1880
Rowena over time
Rank among girls' names. Rowena has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 |
| 2024 | #3,277 | 48 |
| 2023 | #3,984 | 37 |
| 2022 | #3,827 | 39 |
| 2021 | #4,245 | 33 |
| 2020 | #3,091 | 51 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 |
| 1979 | #1,874 | 56 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 |
| 1975 | #1,604 | 61 |
| 1974 | #1,913 | 45 |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 |
| 1972 | #1,578 | 58 |
| 1971 | #1,389 | 76 |
| 1970 | #1,681 | 55 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 |
| 1968 | #1,406 | 64 |
| 1967 | #1,187 | 80 |
| 1966 | #1,241 | 75 |
| 1965 | #1,097 | 91 |
| 1964 | #1,097 | 99 |
| 1963 | #959 | 122 |
| 1962 | #879 | 143 |
| 1961 | #961 | 126 |
| 1960 | #1,020 | 111 |
| 1959 | #921 | 128 |
| 1958 | #1,003 | 107 |
| 1957 | #871 | 136 |
| 1956 | #908 | 122 |
| 1955 | #834 | 135 |
| 1954 | #728 | 161 |
| 1953 | #736 | 153 |
| 1952 | #863 | 114 |
| 1951 | #835 | 114 |
| 1950 | #895 | 98 |
| 1949 | #945 | 89 |
| 1948 | #939 | 85 |
| 1947 | #825 | 113 |
| 1946 | #796 | 107 |
| 1945 | #799 | 89 |
| 1944 | #768 | 99 |
| 1943 | #681 | 124 |
| 1942 | #711 | 109 |
| 1941 | #647 | 120 |
| 1940 | #641 | 121 |
| 1939 | #570 | 140 |
| 1938 | #544 | 157 |
| 1937 | #577 | 136 |
| 1936 | #597 | 122 |
| 1935 | #587 | 122 |
| 1934 | #496 | 168 |
| 1933 | #539 | 139 |
| 1932 | #494 | 179 |
| 1931 | #521 | 159 |
| 1930 | #539 | 159 |
| 1929 | #508 | 177 |
| 1928 | #558 | 157 |
| 1927 | #541 | 171 |
| 1926 | #557 | 162 |
| 1925 | #550 | 170 |
| 1924 | #568 | 165 |
| 1923 | #509 | 188 |
| 1922 | #520 | 181 |
| 1921 | #477 | 209 |
| 1920 | #494 | 194 |
| 1919 | #469 | 200 |
| 1918 | #526 | 175 |
| 1917 | #429 | 224 |
| 1916 | #509 | 165 |
| 1915 | #455 | 182 |
| 1914 | #468 | 136 |
| 1913 | #457 | 119 |
| 1912 | #489 | 96 |
| 1911 | #542 | 60 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 |
| 1909 | #522 | 52 |
| 1908 | #493 | 54 |
| 1907 | #572 | 41 |
| 1906 | #509 | 46 |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 |
| 1903 | #640 | 27 |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 |
| 1900 | #519 | 42 |
| 1899 | #476 | 38 |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 |
| 1897 | #497 | 34 |
| 1896 | #440 | 43 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 |
| 1893 | #422 | 41 |
| 1892 | #479 | 32 |
| 1891 | #447 | 32 |
| 1890 | #491 | 28 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 |
| 1887 | #424 | 27 |
| 1886 | #528 | 18 |
| 1885 | #470 | 20 |
| 1884 | #463 | 19 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rowena was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Rowena is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#195 · 1 in 1,078
- Kansas#264 · 1 in 2,022
- Tennessee#310 · 1 in 2,440
- Indiana#310 · 1 in 3,161
- Iowa#330 · 1 in 3,767
Best ever in a state: #70 in Hawaii, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #195 | 6 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Kansas | #264 | 7 | 1 in 2,022 |
| Indiana | #310 | 8 | 1 in 3,161 |
| Tennessee | #310 | 11 | 1 in 2,440 |
| Iowa | #330 | 5 | 1 in 3,767 |
| Virginia | #404 | 5 | 1 in 5,002 |
| Illinois | #409 | 11 | 1 in 5,209 |
| Michigan | #417 | 7 | 1 in 5,883 |
| Louisiana | #435 | 6 | 1 in 3,603 |
| Kentucky | #436 | 6 | 1 in 4,627 |
| Ohio | #448 | 8 | 1 in 6,611 |
| North Carolina | #463 | 6 | 1 in 6,366 |
| New York | #497 | 11 | 1 in 8,981 |
| California | #616 | 5 | 1 in 7,350 |
| Texas | #696 | 8 | 1 in 7,530 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rowena
- 1,075 spots since 2024 (#3,277 → #4,352)
- 1,261 spots since 2020 (#3,091 → #4,352)
- 4,579 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #4,352)
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1882 (#740 → #507)
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1905 (#500 → #683)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #422 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 99 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 4,827 girls born in 1917 were named Rowena (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #422 in 1893, was only 1 in 5,193 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.9% of all girls named Rowena (1,774) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 160 | #424 (1887) | #549 |
| 1890s | 354 | #422 (1893) | #476 |
| 1900s | 406 | #493 (1908) | #547 |
| 1910s | 1,412 | #429 (1917) | #489 |
| 1920s | 1,774 | #477 (1921) | #528 |
| 1930s | 1,481 | #494 (1932) | #546 |
| 1940s | 1,056 | #641 (1940) | #775 |
| 1950s | 1,268 | #728 (1954) | #859 |
| 1960s | 960 | #879 (1962) | #1,158 |
| 1970s | 566 | #1,389 (1971) | #1,719 |
| 1980s | 391 | #1,833 (1980) | #2,692 |
| 1990s | 163 | #4,497 (1991) | #5,957 |
| 2000s | 127 | #6,528 (2005) | #8,866 |
| 2010s | 168 | #4,662 (2018) | #7,904 |
| 2020s | 240 | #3,091 (2020) | #3,796 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rowena in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 7,346 of them was named Rowena, which outranked 89.7% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #555Arleen159
- #555Billy159
- #557Elsa158
- #558Rowena157
- #558Augusta157
- #558Aurelia157
- #558Birdie157
- #564Elisabeth156
- #564Louisa156
- #564Yvette156
Tied with 5 names at #558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.