Bowen
- #3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births
- #266 for boys in 2025, 1,292 births
- Given to boys 97.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,292 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,187since 1913
Bowen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bowen has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,975 | 36 | #266 | 1,292 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #321 | 1,077 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | #348 | 941 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #389 | 820 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #368 | 889 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #395 | 778 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | #433 | 709 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #429 | 709 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #459 | 660 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #481 | 638 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #516 | 557 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #563 | 492 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #590 | 430 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #620 | 391 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #722 | 315 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #1,127 | 165 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,347 | 128 |
| 2008 | — | #1,334 | 129 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,070 | 174 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,214 | 138 |
| 2005 | — | #1,132 | 144 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,251 | 120 |
| 2003 | — | #1,159 | 129 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,326 | 100 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,265 | 105 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,175 | 116 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,227 | 102 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,216 | 101 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,251 | 92 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,655 | 58 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,955 | 43 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,295 | 31 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
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| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
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| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
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| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Bowen! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bowen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Idaho#125 · 1 in 432
- Mississippi#126 · 1 in 433
- South Dakota#127 · 1 in 384
- Louisiana#127 · 1 in 491
- Utah#136 · 1 in 517
Best ever in a state: #81 in Iowa, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #125 | 20 | 1 in 432 |
| Mississippi | #126 | 25 | 1 in 433 |
| Louisiana | #127 | 39 | 1 in 491 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| Oklahoma | #136 | 34 | 1 in 520 |
| Utah | #136 | 38 | 1 in 517 |
| South Carolina | #139 | 40 | 1 in 530 |
| West Virginia | #140 | 14 | 1 in 440 |
| Iowa | #149 | 28 | 1 in 494 |
| Maine | #151 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| Nebraska | #167 | 17 | 1 in 519 |
| North Dakota | #170 | 7 | 1 in 479 |
| Montana | #173 | 7 | 1 in 538 |
| Minnesota | #174 | 38 | 1 in 645 |
| Arkansas | #175 | 21 | 1 in 599 |
| Kentucky | #180 | 31 | 1 in 662 |
| Georgia | #189 | 65 | 1 in 773 |
| Kansas | #189 | 21 | 1 in 669 |
| Tennessee | #198 | 46 | 1 in 799 |
| Missouri | #203 | 35 | 1 in 795 |
| New Hampshire | #206 | 6 | 1 in 751 |
| North Carolina | #213 | 58 | 1 in 887 |
| Colorado | #221 | 29 | 1 in 926 |
| Indiana | #229 | 36 | 1 in 880 |
| Wisconsin | #235 | 25 | 1 in 937 |
| Virginia | #251 | 34 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Michigan | #264 | 38 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Ohio | #269 | 46 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Washington | #271 | 27 | 1 in 1,215 |
| Pennsylvania | #280 | 41 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Oregon | #281 | 15 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Illinois | #289 | 37 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Connecticut | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Alabama | #301 | 18 | 1 in 1,195 |
| Texas | #303 | 124 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Florida | #356 | 55 | 1 in 1,737 |
| Massachusetts | #378 | 13 | 1 in 2,079 |
| New Jersey | #469 | 16 | 1 in 2,485 |
| Maryland | #516 | 9 | 1 in 2,544 |
| Arizona | #527 | 13 | 1 in 2,517 |
| California | #607 | 48 | 1 in 3,656 |
| New York | #620 | 24 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Bowen
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 129 spots since 2020 (#395 → #266)
- Biggest jump: 405 spots in 2011
- Biggest drop: 21 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
112 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2025 at #266 (1,292 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,322
- Highest: 1 in 1,322 boys born in 2025 were named Bowen (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 44.0% of all boys named Bowen (5,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 32 | #2,699 (1918) | #3,350 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,467 (1923) | #3,957 |
| 1930s | 20 | #2,646 (1938) | #3,010 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,498 (1947) | #2,858 |
| 1950s | 54 | #2,495 (1951) | #3,108 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,861 (1969) | #3,541 |
| 1970s | 93 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,776 |
| 1980s | 171 | #2,138 (1981) | #2,995 |
| 1990s | 545 | #1,216 (1998) | #1,954 |
| 2000s | 1,283 | #1,070 (2007) | #1,227 |
| 2010s | 5,066 | #429 (2018) | #594 |
| 2020s | 5,797 | #266 (2025) | #348 |
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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