The baby name Rowan is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈroʊ.ən/ (ROH-ən); UK: /ˈrəʊ.ən/.
Rowan is Irish in Origin.
The baby name Rowan is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈroʊ.ən/ (ROH-ən); UK: /ˈrəʊ.ən/.
Rowan is Irish in Origin.
Rowan blends two streams of origin: as an Anglicized form of Irish Ruadhán (diminutive of ruadh, “red, red‑haired”), and as the English/Scots name of the rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia), from Old Norse reynir. The meaning therefore evokes both “little red one” and the protective rowan tree, long celebrated in Celtic and Norse folklore for warding off ill luck and enchantment.
In use as an Irish surname Ó Ruadháin and as a given name since medieval times - see Saint Ruadhán of Lorrha (6th century) - Rowan spread to Scotland and then the wider English‑speaking world. It rose with 19th–20th‑century surname and nature‑name fashions and has become a well‑established unisex choice since the 1990s. Variants and spellings include Rowen, Rowyn, Rowanne, Roan, and the Irish Ruadhán; short forms include Ro and Roe. Related but etymologically separate are Rohan (Sanskrit “ascending”) and Rowena (Germanic/medieval literary).
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Boys | 2025 | #1 | — | 836 |
| Ireland | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 874 |
| NA | 0 | #30 | 4 | 2,537 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #62 | 421 | 2,588 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #70 | 4,647 | 7,044 |
| JP | 0 | #76 | 2 | 4,057 | |
| JM | 0 | #85 | 9 | 3,714 | |
| KW | 0 | #120 | 2 | 5,216 | |
| IQ | 0 | #127 | 7 | 3,533 | |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| JO | 0 | #139 | 2 | 2,158 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #153 | 2 | 4,685 |
| Belgium | Boys | 2024 | #167 | 22 | 401 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #174 | 3,592 | 14,742 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #176 | 112 | 2,795 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2020 | #176 | 2 | 1,548 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2018 | #187 | 2 | 1,665 |
| DK | 0 | #205 | 2 | 5,198 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #213 | 23 | 6,830 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #225 | 48 | 6,876 |
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #240 | 1,193 | 8,487 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| SG | 0 | #281 | 2 | 11,010 | |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #284 | 62 | 7,678 |
| EG | 0 | #285 | 124 | 6,387 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #290 | 36 | 7,570 |
| SA | 0 | #305 | 8 | 10,560 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #307 | 10 | 15,378 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #328 | 4 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #329 | 4 | 7,401 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #335 | 23 | 8,477 |
| ZA | 0 | #342 | 106 | 14,421 | |
| NL | 0 | #347 | 45 | 2,481 | |
| MY | 0 | #351 | 4 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| YE | 0 | #360 | 22 | 8,639 | |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #369 | 19 | 2,865 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #384 | 121 | 11,303 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #386 | 858 | 5,873 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #387 | 10 | 15,987 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #388 | 2 | 7,057 |
| France | Girls | 2006 | #404 | 3 | 3,155 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #405 | 4 | 11,440 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #426 | 4 | 13,098 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #495 | 21 | 19,177 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #496 | 28 | 10,981 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #502 | 4 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #503 | 8 | 10,188 |
| LY | 0 | #521 | 15 | 12,703 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #523 | 4 | 12,621 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #529 | 25 | 20,968 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #549 | 9 | 12,905 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #554 | 882 | 25,619 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #573 | 3 | 12,054 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #599 | 19 | 11,648 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #601 | 5 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #629 | 4 | 18,916 |
| SY | 0 | #644 | 85 | 11,684 | |
| LB | 0 | #646 | 13 | 13,263 | |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #646 | 319 | 5,933 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #648 | 3 | 16,104 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #675 | 8 | 3,552 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #687 | 11 | 17,960 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #689 | 9 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #734 | 5 | 3,895 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #737 | 7 | 18,093 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #757 | 179 | 25,931 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #783 | 3 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #808 | 79 | 15,035 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #909 | 12 | 15,656 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #915 | 4 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #922 | 5 | 14,506 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #971 | 12 | 16,355 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #999 | 3 | 16,906 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,034 | 6 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,080 | 32 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,104 | 25 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,126 | 16 | 25,928 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,136 | 8 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| TR | 0 | #1,199 | 13 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,230 | 5 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,265 | 3 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,433 | 14 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,579 | 36 | 28,008 |
Rowan is popular in 63 countries — most recent births per country:
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