NameTides

Rowdy

Rowdy was the #940 boys' name in the US in 2025 (250 babies), and #1,944 in Canada.

Rowdy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Rowdy as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Rowdy as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#940 (250)#1,944 (10)
2024#922 (251)—
2023#1,003 (219)—
2022#1,069 (205)#2,493 (6)
2021#1,092 (192)—
2020#1,158 (167)#2,431 (6)
2019#1,459 (119)—
2018#1,335 (135)—
2017#1,433 (120)—
2016#1,373 (129)—
2015#1,327 (133)—
2014#1,285 (138)—
2013#1,376 (122)—
2012#1,490 (108)—
2011#1,331 (127)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #922.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Rowdy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rowdy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,700 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rowdy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #692TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Rowdy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RowdyCanadaBoys#1,94410
RowdyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RowdyUSGirls#6,83816
RowdyUSBoys#940250