Rowena
Girl · Germanic
Rowena is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Rowena mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
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Is Rowena a girl's or a boy's name?
Rowena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rowena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Rowena, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 48 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rowena in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Rowena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 37 | #704 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 48 | #606 |
| 1996 | 44 | #610 |
How popular is Rowena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Rowena, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 1917, with 224 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Rowena than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Rowena in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rowena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,339 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,096 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,991 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,801 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,913 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,589 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,578 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,681 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 64 | #1,406 |
| 1967 | 80 | #1,187 |
| 1966 | 75 | #1,241 |
| 1965 | 91 | #1,097 |
| 1964 | 99 | #1,097 |
| 1963 | 122 | #959 |
| 1962 | 143 | #879 |
| 1961 | 126 | #961 |
| 1960 | 111 | #1,019 |
| 1959 | 128 | #920 |
| 1958 | 107 | #1,002 |
| 1957 | 136 | #870 |
| 1956 | 122 | #907 |
| 1955 | 135 | #833 |
| 1954 | 161 | #727 |
| 1953 | 153 | #735 |
| 1952 | 114 | #862 |
| 1951 | 114 | #834 |
| 1950 | 98 | #894 |
| 1949 | 89 | #944 |
| 1948 | 85 | #938 |
| 1947 | 113 | #824 |
| 1946 | 107 | #796 |
| 1945 | 89 | #799 |
| 1944 | 99 | #768 |
| 1943 | 124 | #681 |
| 1942 | 109 | #711 |
| 1941 | 120 | #647 |
| 1940 | 121 | #641 |
| 1939 | 140 | #570 |
| 1938 | 157 | #544 |
| 1937 | 136 | #577 |
| 1936 | 122 | #597 |
| 1935 | 122 | #587 |
| 1934 | 168 | #496 |
| 1933 | 139 | #539 |
| 1932 | 179 | #494 |
| 1931 | 159 | #521 |
| 1930 | 159 | #539 |
| 1929 | 177 | #508 |
| 1928 | 157 | #558 |
| 1927 | 171 | #541 |
| 1926 | 162 | #557 |
| 1925 | 170 | #550 |
| 1924 | 165 | #568 |
| 1923 | 188 | #509 |
| 1922 | 181 | #520 |
| 1921 | 209 | #477 |
| 1920 | 194 | #494 |
| 1919 | 200 | #469 |
| 1918 | 175 | #526 |
| 1917 | 224 | #429 |
| 1916 | 165 | #509 |
| 1915 | 182 | #455 |
| 1914 | 136 | #468 |
| 1913 | 119 | #457 |
| 1912 | 96 | #489 |
| 1911 | 60 | #542 |
| 1910 | 55 | #550 |
| 1909 | 52 | #522 |
| 1908 | 54 | #493 |
| 1907 | 41 | #572 |
| 1906 | 46 | #509 |
| 1905 | 27 | #683 |
| 1904 | 43 | #500 |
| 1903 | 27 | #640 |
| 1902 | 37 | #528 |
| 1901 | 37 | #499 |
| 1900 | 42 | #519 |
| 1899 | 38 | #476 |
| 1898 | 32 | #571 |
| 1897 | 34 | #497 |
| 1896 | 43 | #440 |
| 1895 | 41 | #440 |
| 1894 | 33 | #494 |
| 1893 | 41 | #422 |
| 1892 | 32 | #479 |
| 1891 | 32 | #447 |
| 1890 | 28 | #491 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 |
| 1886 | 18 | #528 |
| 1885 | 20 | #470 |
| 1884 | 19 | #463 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 13 | #507 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
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