Dow
- Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,091since 1880
Dow over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dow has never cracked the top 600 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dow was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dow is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dow in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dow
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1890
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1899
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #650 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1897–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,232
- Highest: 1 in 11,232 boys born in 1893 were named Dow (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,349 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.9% of all boys named Dow (174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #677 (1883) | #828 |
| 1890s | 47 | #650 (1893) | #809 |
| 1900s | 6 | #943 (1901) | #943 |
| 1910s | 130 | #1,594 (1916) | #1,760 |
| 1920s | 174 | #1,591 (1922) | #1,934 |
| 1930s | 145 | #1,644 (1930) | #1,927 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,799 (1942) | #2,130 |
| 1950s | 153 | #1,665 (1959) | #2,074 |
| 1960s | 149 | #1,546 (1962) | #2,214 |
| 1970s | 61 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,121 |
| 1980s | 29 | #4,499 (1983) | #6,194 |
| 1990s | 18 | #6,816 (1993) | #7,702 |
| 2000s | 18 | #7,416 (2000) | #9,927 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,086 |
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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