Rowdy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROW-dee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #940 for boys
Rowdy is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “boisterous; noisy”. In 2025 it ranked 940th for boys in the US (250 babies).
What does Rowdy mean?
English: English word
“boisterous; noisy”
Rowdy Yates was Clint Eastwood's character in the 1959-65 TV western Rawhide.
Is Rowdy a girl's or a boy's name?
Rowdy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls and 250 boys in the US.
How popular is Rowdy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 250about 1 in 6,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 250 boys in the US were named Rowdy, making it the 940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,158th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 251 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959. 16 girls were also named Rowdy in 2025 (6,837th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Rowdy in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rowdy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 250 | #940 |
| 2024 | 251 | #922 |
| 2023 | 219 | #1,003 |
| 2022 | 205 | #1,069 |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,092 |
| 2020 | 167 | #1,158 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,459 |
| 2018 | 135 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 120 | #1,433 |
| 2016 | 129 | #1,373 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,327 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,285 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,490 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,574 |
| 2009 | 133 | #1,309 |
| 2008 | 140 | #1,240 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,496 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,447 |
| 2005 | 79 | #1,688 |
| 2004 | 83 | #1,579 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 68 | #1,705 |
| 2001 | 70 | #1,655 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 70 | #1,533 |
| 1997 | 60 | #1,654 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 65 | #1,466 |
| 1993 | 60 | #1,519 |
| 1992 | 45 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,889 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,384 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 38 | #1,280 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
Names like Rowdy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Keegan Cannon Deacon Brayden Ronan Declan Ridge Kody Finn Brennan Kayden
Names related to Rowdy
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rowdy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rowdy, updated 20 October 2026.