Bowen

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Bowen is ranked 321st among boys in 2024 (1,074 births). Its best rank was 321st, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #321up 28 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,0740.06% of boys
Peak year: 20241,074 births
Best rank: #321in 2024
Since 1913: 12,179people given the name

Babies named Bowen, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

11,889 boys have been named Bowen in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,074 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 43%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 290 girls have also been given it, 2.4% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Bowen
1910s	32
1920s	23
1930s	20
1940s	38
1950s	54
1960s	65
1970s	93
1980s	171
1990s	545
2000s	1,283
2010s	5,065
2020s	4,500

In 2024, its biggest year

Bowen was the 321st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Bowen

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.