Bowen
#998 most common boys' name of all time · #2,351 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1913–2025
Rank among boys
#998
Rank overall
#2,351 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
13,513
Since 2016
8,758
Peak year
2025 #266
Best rank
#266 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,328/yr
Bowen first appears in 1913. 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 | 36 | 1,292 | 1,328 | #266 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,077 | 1,109 | #321 |
| 2023 | 25 | 941 | 966 | #349 |
| 2022 | 24 | 820 | 844 | #389 |
| 2021 | 30 | 889 | 919 | #368 |
| 2020 | 20 | 778 | 798 | #395 |
| 2019 | 19 | 709 | 728 | #433 |
| 2018 | 21 | 709 | 730 | #429 |
| 2017 | 22 | 660 | 682 | #462 |
| 2016 | 16 | 638 | 654 | #482 |
| 2015 | 15 | 557 | 572 | #517 |
| 2014 | 13 | 492 | 505 | #564 |
| 2013 | 8 | 430 | 438 | #590 |
| 2012 | 12 | 391 | 403 | #621 |
| 2011 | 9 | 315 | 324 | #723 |
| 2010 | 8 | 165 | 173 | #1,130 |
| 2009 | 5 | 128 | 133 | #1,348 |
| 2008 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,336 |
| 2007 | — | 174 | 174 | #1,071 |
| 2006 | 5 | 138 | 143 | #1,216 |
| 2005 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | 120 | 126 | #1,257 |
| 2003 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,161 |
| 2002 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,326 |
| 2001 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,269 |
| 2000 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,178 |
| 1999 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,228 |
| 1998 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,218 |
| 1997 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,255 |
| 1996 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,661 |
| 1995 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,964 |
| 1994 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,094 |
| 1993 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,687 |
| 1991 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,316 |
| 1990 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,511 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,325 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,758 |
| 1987 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,588 |
| 1986 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,928 |
| 1985 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,387 |
| 1984 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,637 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,962 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,033 |
| 1981 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,163 |
| 1980 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,566 |
| 1979 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,061 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,942 |
| 1977 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,949 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,550 |
| 1975 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,300 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,651 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,794 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,582 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,096 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,802 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,934 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,478 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,150 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,096 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,356 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,762 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,799 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,783 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,270 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,242 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,599 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,279 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,217 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,597 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,161 |
| 1947 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,612 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,642 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,713 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,775 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,058 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,410 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,627 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,018 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,510 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,381 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,833 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,733 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,692 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,079 |