Rowdy: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “boisterous person”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- ROW-dee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
An English vocabulary word used as a given name. It derives from rowdy meaning rough or noisy person, probably from 19th-century American slang.
How popular is Rowdy?
Babies named Rowdy in 2024256
2024 rank#926 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 18804,786
Rowdy is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Rowdy
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Rowdy questions
What does the name Rowdy mean?
Rowdy means "boisterous person". It comes from English. An English vocabulary word used as a given name. It derives from rowdy meaning rough or noisy person, probably from 19th-century American slang.
Is Rowdy a boy or girl name?
Rowdy is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Rowdy?
256 US babies were named Rowdy in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Rowdy?
Rowdy is usually pronounced ROW-dee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.