Bowden
- #1,942 for boys in 2025, 79 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 79 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 656since 1976
Bowden over time
Rank among boys' names. Bowden has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 79 |
| 2024 | #2,595 | 51 |
| 2023 | #2,737 | 47 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #3,074 | 39 |
| 2020 | #3,074 | 37 |
| 2019 | #3,794 | 28 |
| 2018 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | #2,755 | 44 |
| 2016 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
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| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
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| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bowden! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bowden is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#257 · 1 in 769
- Ohio#1,267 · 1 in 10,507
- Georgia#1,350 · 1 in 10,044
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
Best ever in a state: #257 in South Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Dakota | #257 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bowden
- 1,132 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #1,942)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2025 at #1,942 (79 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,621 boys born in 2025 were named Bowden (0.00%)
- 44.1% of all boys named Bowden (289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 5 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,587 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,792 (1995) | #7,792 |
| 2000s | 111 | #4,395 (2008) | #7,401 |
| 2010s | 245 | #2,755 (2017) | #4,359 |
| 2020s | 289 | #1,942 (2025) | #2,783 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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