Bowman
#4,749 most common boys' name of all time · #11,704 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2025
Rank among boys
#4,749
Rank overall
#11,704 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,022
Since 2016
458
Peak year
2025 #2,393
Best rank
#1,080 1884
Girls
Boys
peak 57/yr
Bowman first appears in 1884. 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 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,393 |
| 2024 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,506 |
| 2023 | — | 41 | 41 | #3,010 |
| 2022 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,719 |
| 2021 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,698 |
| 2020 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,662 |
| 2019 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,855 |
| 2018 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,001 |
| 2017 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,009 |
| 2016 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,788 |
| 2015 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2014 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,712 |
| 2013 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,636 |
| 2012 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,045 |
| 2011 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,996 |
| 2010 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,854 |
| 2009 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,814 |
| 2008 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,409 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,825 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,799 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,241 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,162 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,679 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,086 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,467 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,872 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,178 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,166 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,525 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,950 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,845 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,759 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,489 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,315 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,236 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,662 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,008 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,590 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,243 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,054 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,286 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,711 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,101 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,670 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,013 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,060 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,004 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,887 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,192 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,421 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,724 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,001 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,912 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,590 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,733 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,139 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,820 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,331 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,288 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,399 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,829 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,264 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,265 |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,297 |
| 1923 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,981 |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,380 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,374 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,526 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,441 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,229 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,963 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,307 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,080 |