Girl name#1,367 of girl names
Rowena
Pronounced R OW0 IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1917
- 145 years in use
How popular is Rowena?
Rowena is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 10,491 children — the 1,367th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 315 births across the past decade, against a peak of 224 in a single year. That peak was in 1917.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R OW0 IY1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Rowena
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Rowena
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Rowena?
- Rowena ranks 1,367th among girls' names in US records, with 10,491 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 315.
- Is Rowena a unisex name?
- No. Rowena is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Rowena most popular?
- 1917, when 224 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.