Bowen Boy
How popular is Bowen?
#266 boy name in 2025
1,292 baby boys were named Bowen in the US in 2025, making it the 266th most popular boy name. Another 36 girls got the name (#3,974 for girls).
Bowen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #266 for boys (▲ 55 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,292 boys, 36 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+132% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #516 in 2015, #395 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,292 boys) |
| Highest rank | #266 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bowen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bowen family of names ranked #267 for boys in 2025 (#307 the year before), with 1,332 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bowen | 1,292 | 97% |
| Bowyn | 23 | 2% |
| Bowan | 12 | 1% |
| Bowin | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bowen is most popular
Babies named Bowen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Iowa: 2.0 per 1,000 (141 boys)
- Nebraska: 2.0 per 1,000 (88 boys)
- Idaho: 1.8 per 1,000 (73 boys)
- South Dakota: 1.8 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Wyoming: 1.7 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Bowen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 32 | #2,698 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,465 |
| 1930s | 20 | #2,646 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,497 |
| 1950s | 54 | #2,494 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,860 |
| 1970s | 93 | #2,738 |
| 1980s | 171 | #2,137 |
| 1990s | 545 | #1,213 |
| 2000s | 1,283 | #1,070 |
| 2010s | 5,066 | #429 |
| 2020s | 5,797 | #266 |
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Questions
- Is Bowen a boy or girl name?
- Bowen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Bowen were boys.
- How popular is the name Bowen?
- 1,292 baby boys were named Bowen in the US in 2025, making it the 266th most popular boy name. Another 36 girls got the name (#3,974 for girls).
- When was Bowen most popular?
- Bowen peaked in 2025, when 1,292 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #266 in 2025.
- How many people are named Bowen?
- 13,513 babies have been named Bowen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,294 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Bowen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bowen was most common in Iowa, at 2.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.