Rowdy
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 116 babies a year in the US.
How Rowdy has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2024 | #926 |
| 2025 | #941 |
Rowdy by the numbers
Rowdy was given to 116 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 140 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Rowdy
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rowdy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Roddyfamous ruler; a form of Roderick8 in the US (2017)
- Rodyfamous power; a diminutive of Roderick6 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Randywolf shield; form of Randolph386 in the US (2017)
- Rockyrocky or of the rocks; from Rocco or rock74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ronnyruler's advisor; a form of Ronald27 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rowdy
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