Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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