Bowe
#12,260 most common boys' name of all time · #31,439 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025
Rank among boys
#12,260
Rank overall
#31,439 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
20 of 146
All-time
181
Since 2016
96
Peak year
2014 #5,361
Best rank
#5,055 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Bowe first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,025 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,970 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,044 |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,518 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,014 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,779 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,843 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,811 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,266 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,877 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,824 |
| 2014 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,361 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,350 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,185 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,332 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,895 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,055 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,376 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,406 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,739 |