Name meaning & stats
Rowan
Rowan means “little red one” (Irish origin). 72,691 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“little red one”
IrishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
72,691 US babies were named Rowan between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rowan (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 87% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)