Rowe
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ROH
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,257 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Rowe is a name of English origin, meaning “row, hedgerow”. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Rowe mean?
English: surname, often from Middle English rowe, a row of houses or hedgerow
“row, hedgerow”
Nicholas Rowe, Poet Laureate from 1715, produced the first edited collection of Shakespeare's plays in 1709.
Is Rowe a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rowe has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 24 boys in the UK and 45 girls and 50 boys in the US.
How popular is Rowe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,257th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 833% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Rowe, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. 3 girls were also named Rowe in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Rowe of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the boys named Rowe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Rowe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #1,257 for this spelling alone.
- Rowe 24
- Roe 5
In 2025, 11% of the babies named Rowe in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Rowe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
How popular is Rowe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,604th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 95% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Rowe, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. It first appears in the records in 1914. 45 girls were also named Rowe in 2025 (3,388th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Rowe of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Rowe in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were given Rowe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,013, up from #2,604 for this spelling alone.
- Rowe 50
- Roe 8
In 2025, 47% of the babies named Rowe in the US were girls.
Rowe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Names like Rowe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cove, Reeve, Reign, Finn, Oakley, Rowan, Rome, Rafe, Ronan, Albie, Finley, Ace
Other spellings of Rowe
Names related to Rowe
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Rowe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rowe, updated 20 October 2026.