Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rowan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rowan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rowan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rowan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rowan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rowan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rowan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rowan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 7 5 17%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 6 9 -20%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 8 11 -16%
1981 26 0.000007516 6 20 -54%
1982 26 0.000007412 10 16 -23%
1983 19 0.000005486 9 10 -5%
1984 25 0.000007166 10 15 -20%
1985 25 0.000007005 5 20 -60%
1986 31 0.000008715 11 20 -29%
1987 21 0.000005824 7 14 -33%
1988 39 0.000010555 10 29 -49%
1989 40 0.000010405 13 27 -35%
1990 34 0.000008602 5 29 -71%
1991 69 0.000017714 30 39 -13%
1992 75 0.000019525 33 42 -12%
1993 100 0.000026523 62 38 24%
1994 146 0.000039272 93 53 27%
1995 170 0.000046421 106 64 25%
1996 235 0.000064433 146 89 24%
1997 276 0.000076122 167 109 21%
1998 249 0.000067696 146 103 17%
1999 283 0.000076613 140 143 -1%
2000 313 0.000082806 158 155 1%
2001 371 0.000099108 174 197 -6%
2002 413 0.000110478 207 206 0%
2003 573 0.000150698 245 328 -14%
2004 908 0.000237639 379 529 -17%
2005 950 0.000247084 347 603 -27%
2006 1125 0.000284365 452 673 -20%
2007 1580 0.000395229 711 869 -10%
2008 1649 0.000419522 676 973 -18%
2009 1574 0.000412023 616 958 -22%
2010 1563 0.000422919 608 955 -22%
2011 1591 0.000434962 544 1047 -32%
2012 1835 0.000501727 684 1151 -25%
2013 1911 0.000524184 714 1197 -25%
2014 2321 0.000626218 774 1547 -33%
2015 2805 0.000757921 989 1816 -29%
2016 3545 0.000966283 1351 2194 -24%
2017 4295 0.001200997 1448 2847 -33%
2018 4500 0.001279901 1459 3041 -35%
2019 4575 0.001318089 1352 3223 -41%
2020 4436 0.001327914 1179 3257 -47%
2021 4908 0.001448664 1261 3647 -49%
2022 4899 0.001448065 1138 3761 -54%
2023 5497 0.001660125 1287 4210 -53%
2024 5840 0.001754544 1193 4647 -59%

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