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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

RowanIn Hebrew: רואן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Rowan (Hebrew: רואן) is a girl's name of international origin. 3,335 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 13 girls and ranked #604. Its peak year was 1993, with 219 babies.

People in Israel
3,335
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
13
rank #604
Peak year
1993
219 babies
USA, 2025
1,240
rank #249

Writing and saying Rowan

In Hebrew letters the name is רואן, read right to left. Rowan is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Rowan by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Rowan: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Rowan in English-speaking countries

Rowan in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,240#2492018 (1,459)
United Kingdom2025142#3382021 (154)
England and Wales202596#4232021 (104)
Scotland202539#1132009 (54)
Northern Ireland20257#2312025 (7)
Ireland202516#2672025 (16)
British Columbia202322#1322019 (31)
Alberta202523#1802018 (35)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Rowan has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Rowan

How do you write Rowan in Hebrew?

Rowan is written רואן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Rowan?

3,335 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רואן: 3,305 women and 30 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Rowan a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.1% of the people named רואן are women.

Is Rowan used outside Israel?

The name Rowan appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,240 girls were given it in 2025 (#249), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 142 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.