Dow
#4,545 most common boys' name of all time · #11,196 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2015
Rank among boys
#4,545
Rank overall
#11,196 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
1,091
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1962 #1,551
Best rank
#688 1893
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Dow is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,113 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,502 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,923 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,437 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,898 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,845 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,456 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,977 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,992 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,354 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,522 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,305 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,094 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,179 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,147 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,966 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,078 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,992 |
| 1971 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,174 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,542 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,565 |
| 1968 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,459 |
| 1967 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,623 |
| 1966 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 1965 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,493 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,323 |
| 1963 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,798 |
| 1962 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,551 |
| 1961 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,893 |
| 1960 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1959 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,670 |
| 1958 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1957 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,198 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,375 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,584 |
| 1954 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,837 |
| 1953 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,106 |
| 1952 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,818 |
| 1951 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,787 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,461 |
| 1949 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,829 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,341 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,267 |
| 1946 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,044 |
| 1945 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,939 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,667 |
| 1943 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,005 |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,816 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,231 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,347 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1938 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1937 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,352 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,891 |
| 1935 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 1934 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1933 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,847 |
| 1932 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,208 |
| 1931 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,707 |
| 1930 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 1929 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,109 |
| 1928 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,067 |
| 1927 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,996 |
| 1925 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,946 |
| 1924 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,852 |
| 1923 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,953 |
| 1922 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,602 |
| 1921 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,385 |
| 1920 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,900 |
| 1919 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,635 |
| 1918 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,608 |
| 1917 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,834 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,601 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,893 |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,885 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,700 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,075 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,779 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #992 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #989 |
| 1898 | — | 9 | 9 | #783 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #819 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,133 |
| 1893 | — | 10 | 10 | #688 |
| 1890 | — | 9 | 9 | #718 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #912 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #983 |
| 1883 | — | 8 | 8 | #708 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #802 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #953 |