UK girl's name
Rowanne
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2015. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Rowanne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Rowanne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2015 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5730, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 12 births.
This profile covers 41 England and Wales registrations across 8 recorded years from 1996 to 2015. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 25% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 44 living people in the UK are called Rowanne. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2016 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Rowanne ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales in 2015, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 12 girls were registered as Rowanne.
- • Rowanne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #621 in 1999.
- • About 44 living people in the UK are estimated to have Rowanne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5730
2015
Births in 2015
3
Latest year
Peak year
1996
12 births
Estimated living
44
2026
Popularity
Rowanne over time
The chart below shows babies named Rowanne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2015. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Rowanne, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2015, compared with 12 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Rowanne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Rowanne was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #5730 | 3 | 1 |
| 2000s | #4308 | 10 | 3 |
| 1990s | #2375 | 28 | 4 |
Geography
Where Rowanne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Rowanne. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Rowanne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #621 in 1999.
Across the UK
Rowanne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#621 in 1999
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Rowanne
- Ruby 60,551
- Rebecca 45,764
- Rosie 35,558
- Rachel 19,034
- Rose 18,043
- Robyn 14,556
- Rosa 6,236
- Rhiannon 6,180
- Rachael 4,702
- Rebekah 4,395
- Rhianna 4,177
- Ruth 4,118
FAQ
Rowanne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Rowanne in the UK right now?
In 2015, Rowanne was ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Rowanne most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 12 babies registered as Rowanne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Rowanne in the UK?
A total of 41 babies have been registered as Rowanne across the 8 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Rowanne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Rowanne ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #621 in 1999. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.