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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Bowen has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 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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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 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#404 · 1 in 2,444
- Arkansas#463 · 1 in 3,008
- Virginia#704 · 1 in 6,095
- North Carolina#831 · 1 in 8,494
- Michigan#895 · 1 in 9,354
Best ever in a state: #81 in Iowa, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #404 | 9 | 1 in 2,444 |
| Arkansas | #463 | 5 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Virginia | #704 | 7 | 1 in 6,095 |
| North Carolina | #831 | 6 | 1 in 8,494 |
| Michigan | #895 | 6 | 1 in 9,354 |
| Georgia | #972 | 6 | 1 in 9,721 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,011 | 5 | 1 in 12,685 |
| Ohio | #1,048 | 5 | 1 in 13,333 |
| Illinois | #1,273 | 5 | 1 in 15,667 |
| Texas | #1,443 | 8 | 1 in 22,392 |
| Florida | #1,453 | 5 | 1 in 19,123 |
| New York | #1,463 | 6 | 1 in 18,292 |
| California | #1,707 | 8 | 1 in 31,516 |
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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 Bowen
- 55 spots since 2024 (#321 → #266)
- 129 spots since 2020 (#395 → #266)
- 250 spots since 2015 (#516 → #266)
- Biggest jump: 405 spots in 2011 (#1,127 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 21 spots in 2022 (#368 → #389)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2025 at #266 (1,292 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,322 boys born in 2025 were named Bowen (0.08%)
- 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.
Bowen in 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 306,042 of them was named Bowen, which outranked 24.7% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,761Zynia7
- #12,761Zyniah7
- #12,761Zyra7
- #14,179Bowen6
- #14,179Aaliha6
- #14,179Aalijah6
- #14,179Aalisha6
- #16,099Aafreen5
- #16,099Aajah5
- #16,099Aala5
Tied with 1,919 names at #14,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 16,541 of them was named Bowen, which outranked 90.5% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,246Finley121
- #1,246Jaquez121
- #1,246Khamani121
- #1,251Bowen120
- #1,251Antwone120
- #1,251Caeden120
- #1,251Dax120
- #1,267Ervin119
- #1,267Jackie119
- #1,267Sameer119
Tied with 15 names at #1,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.