Bowie**
#2,208 most common boys' name of all time · #5,303 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1920–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,208
Rank overall
#5,303 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
3,520
Since 2016
2,880
Peak year
2021 #951
Best rank
#951 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 375/yr
Bowie first appears in 1920. 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 | 117 | 164 | 281 | #1,228 |
| 2024 | 98 | 167 | 265 | #1,213 |
| 2023 | 126 | 194 | 320 | #1,101 |
| 2022 | 110 | 198 | 308 | #1,095 |
| 2021 | 138 | 237 | 375 | #951 |
| 2020 | 114 | 176 | 290 | #1,120 |
| 2019 | 108 | 159 | 267 | #1,206 |
| 2018 | 113 | 210 | 323 | #987 |
| 2017 | 85 | 156 | 241 | #1,191 |
| 2016 | 76 | 134 | 210 | #1,334 |
| 2015 | 43 | 54 | 97 | #2,397 |
| 2014 | 30 | 59 | 89 | #2,260 |
| 2013 | 43 | 26 | 69 | #3,886 |
| 2012 | 21 | 24 | 45 | #4,151 |
| 2011 | 10 | 30 | 40 | #3,527 |
| 2010 | 16 | 44 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2009 | 14 | 19 | 33 | #4,954 |
| 2008 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #5,033 |
| 2006 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #4,403 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,950 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,643 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,337 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,594 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,415 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,294 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,730 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,214 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,139 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,524 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,103 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,009 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,774 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,188 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,720 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,085 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,849 |