Is Rowena a boy or girl name?
Rowena is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 46 girls and 0 boys were named Rowena, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 10,491 US babies named Rowena were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #3,430
- Babies named Rowena since 1880
- 10,491
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 224 babies
Boys and girls named Rowena, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 160 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 354 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 406 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,412 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 1,774 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 1,481 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,056 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,268 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 960 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 566 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 391 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 163 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 127 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 168 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 205 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,430 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 37 | #4,028 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 39 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 33 | #4,309 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 50 | #3,172 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 28 | #4,875 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 29 | #4,751 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 22 | #5,791 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,625 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 12 | #9,381 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 14 | #8,406 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 11 | #10,121 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 11 | #10,295 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 15 | #8,121 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,669 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 14 | #8,792 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 12 | #9,960 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 10 | #11,462 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 15 | #8,156 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 18 | #6,760 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 14 | #8,145 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,365 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 12 | #8,724 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 11 | #9,234 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 15 | #7,081 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 13 | #7,622 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 17 | #6,012 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 16 | #6,105 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 19 | #5,241 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 11 | #7,956 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 10 | #8,646 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 16 | #5,881 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 18 | #5,425 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 22 | #4,611 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,652 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 24 | #4,098 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,560 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 24 | #3,713 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 35 | #2,764 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 38 | #2,582 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 41 | #2,368 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 47 | #2,125 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 52 | #2,017 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 44 | #2,293 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,860 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 56 | #1,894 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 47 | #2,039 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 56 | #1,824 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,771 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 61 | #1,622 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,931 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,602 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,588 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,403 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,696 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,750 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 64 | #1,415 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 80 | #1,192 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,250 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,101 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 122 | #962 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 143 | #883 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 126 | #962 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 111 | #1,024 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 128 | #928 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 107 | #1,006 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 136 | #876 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 122 | #912 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 135 | #837 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 161 | #729 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 153 | #739 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 114 | #866 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 114 | #839 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 98 | #897 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 89 | #947 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 85 | #948 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 113 | #827 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 107 | #799 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 89 | #801 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 99 | #770 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 124 | #684 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 109 | #715 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 120 | #649 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 121 | #643 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 140 | #570 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 157 | #546 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 136 | #581 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 122 | #598 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 122 | #590 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 168 | #499 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 139 | #540 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 179 | #494 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 159 | #522 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 159 | #540 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 177 | #509 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 157 | #563 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 171 | #543 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 162 | #560 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 170 | #551 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 165 | #569 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 188 | #510 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 181 | #522 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 209 | #477 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 194 | #495 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 200 | #471 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 175 | #527 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 224 | #429 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 165 | #510 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 182 | #459 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 136 | #469 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 119 | #459 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 96 | #490 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 60 | #547 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 55 | #558 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 52 | #528 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 54 | #499 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 41 | #579 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 46 | #513 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 27 | #695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 43 | #506 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 27 | #651 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 37 | #536 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 37 | #507 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 42 | #523 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 38 | #478 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 32 | #579 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 34 | #507 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 43 | #447 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 41 | #451 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 33 | #503 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 41 | #429 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 32 | #487 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 32 | #455 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 28 | #497 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 17 | #638 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 19 | #592 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 27 | #432 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 18 | #536 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 20 | #483 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 19 | #476 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 13 | #558 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 13 | #526 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 6 | #807 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 8 | #670 |
Highest rank
Rowena has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #429 in 1893. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Rowena
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.