Rowe
Masculine · “dweller by a row”
Rowe is given to both — 527 boys and 185 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Rowe is a dweller by a hedgerow — the Middle English rowe, a row of houses or trees.
How old is the name Rowe?
Rowe first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Rowe is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 400 people named Rowe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rowe most popular?
Rowe peaked in 1915, reaching #2070 nationally. Today it ranks #2604, 534 places below that high. See the whole 1915 chart.
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Where it comes from
From raw to Rowe
The story of Rowe
A rowe was a line of houses along a street or a hedgerow, and English surnames located families by them — Rowe, Rowan, atte Rowe. The word gives the modern 'row' of houses and the hedgerow. Rowe entered American given-name use recently and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
dweller by a row
From the Middle English rowe, 'row' — a line of houses, hedges or trees — a locational surname for someone living along one. The word descends from the Old English raw. A separate Irish Ó Ruadh route exists. The English is documented.
How the name formed
- raw
- rowe
- Rowe
Related forms: Roe · Ó Ruadh
Pronouncing Rowe
ROH
One syllable. Rowe and Roe are homophones; only the spelling differs.
Nicknames for Rowe
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1914
- Most boys named
- 202550 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2070reached in 1915
- Change vs 2024
- +56.3%50 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rowe in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Roe in English — spelling variant
- Ó Ruadh in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Rowes among us
people named Rowe are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was named Rowe
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Rowe sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Rowe is headed
Rowe should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Rowe beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rowe in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The hedgerow meaning is concrete and belongs to a real feature of the English landscape.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- It is genuinely compact against a long surname.
- It reads unmistakably as a surname.
- It is a homophone of 'roe' and 'row'.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rowes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Rowe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rowe in 2025?
- Rowe ranks #2604 among US boy names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rowe?
- About 1 in every 34,162 US boys born in 2025 was named Rowe — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rowe with classmates?
- Rowe will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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