Rowdy
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Rowdy
A quintessentially American name, Rowdy has a number of notable wearers, including Rowdy Yates, Clint Eastwood's character on the television show Rawhide, and Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines.
As a word, rowdy entered the lexicon in the early 1800s to describe backwoodsmen living on the fringes of society.
Rowdy for boys#941 US
Rowdy was first famously used as a given name in the television series Rawhide, with the young Clint Eastwood playing Rowdy Yates. More recently, competitive swimmer Rowdy Gaines has been featured in a series of TV commercials, and a new badass baby name is gaining notice.
The word Rowdy originated in the U.S. in the early 19th century, used to describe a rough or lawless backwoodsman. It's one of the distinctly American names. In fact, 2024 saw it feature as one of the fast rising names of the year when it entered the US Top 1000 for the first time when it was given to 250 boys.
Pronounced ROW-dee.
As of October 2026, Rowdy ranked #7080 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,291 | 138 | 71.8 |
| 2015 | #1,333 | 133 | 69.4 |
| 2016 | #1,379 | 129 | 68 |
| 2017 | #1,437 | 120 | 64.8 |
| 2018 | #1,339 | 135 | 74.3 |
| 2019 | #1,466 | 119 | 66.3 |
| 2020 | #1,159 | 167 | 96.8 |
| 2021 | #1,093 | 192 | 109.7 |
| 2022 | #1,070 | 205 | 117.4 |
| 2023 | #1,013 | 217 | 126.9 |
| 2024 | #926 | 250 | 145.1 |
| 2025 | #941 | 250 | 146.4 |
World rankings
Rowdy for boys
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Famous Rowdys
- Ryan John "Rowdy" TellezBoy
American baseball player
- Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines IVBoy
American swimmer
- Rowdy HerringtonBoy
American film director
- Kyle "Rowdy" BuschBoy
American NASCAR driver
- "Rowdy" Roddy PiperBoy
ring name of Roderick George Toombs, Canadian pro wrestler
- RowdyBoy
little girl seen on Food Network show "The Pioneer Woman"
Rowdy in pop culture
- Rowdy BurnsBoy
character in 1990 film Days of Thunder
- Rowdy YatesBoy
character in film Rawhide
- RowdyBoy
stuffed Labrador dog on TV's Scrubs
- RowdyBoy
character in the book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part,Time Indian"