Baby Name Popularity Profile

Bowen

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Bowen.

✦ Son of Owen 🌍 Celtic Traditional
National Rank (2025) #266
All-Time Peak Rank #266 Achieved 2025
Total U.S. Births 13,187 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 97.3% Boy / 2.7% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1913 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 1,292 births in 2025
💡 The Bowen Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Son of Owen
Language Origin Celtic
Origin Type single
Derived from Welsh 'ab Owain', meaning 'son of Owain'.
Common Nicknames
Bo
Pronunciation: BOH-en
Themes & Categories
Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Bowen across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +66.1%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +132.0%
2015: 557 births 557 2016: 638 births 2017: 660 births 2018: 709 births 2019: 709 births 2020: 778 births 778 2021: 889 births 2022: 820 births 2023: 941 births 2024: 1,077 births 2025: 1,292 births 1,292
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 1,292 births in 2025
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 10 yrs
Longest Streak 69 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 32
1920s: 23
1930s: 20
1940s: 38
1950s: 54
1960s: 65
1970s: 93
1980s: 171
1990s: 545
2000s: 1,283
2010s: 5,066
2020s: 5,797

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Bo-wn
Letter Count 5 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 7.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 7.7% of SSA names. Starts with B, a letter used by only 3.6% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Utah
Top States Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas
States with Data 45
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Utah #136 398 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho #128 155 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #167 169 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #149 296 2024 Stable
Kansas #190 235 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #224 263 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #189 552 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #305 1,474 2025 +17.0% Growth
Oregon #283 166 2023 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #140 265 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #127 318 2025 +50.0% Growth
Oklahoma #137 237 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 21 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #273 242 2025 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota #171 51 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #204 327 2024 +12.9% Growth
Arizona #533 171 2024 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #213 373 2025 +114.8% Growth
Tennessee #198 264 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #126 156 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #230 282 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #236 236 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #175 213 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #183 200 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #177 123 2025 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota #128 38 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #356 382 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #269 511 2023 +24.3% Growth
West Virginia #141 99 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Montana #178 31 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #253 216 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #302 155 2023 Insufficient historical volume
California #609 811 2024 +29.7% Growth
Michigan #266 295 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #281 400 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Maine #155 31 2021 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire #208 21 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #291 314 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #524 86 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #385 139 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island Unranked 17 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New York #622 330 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #298 46 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #469 81 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 7 2022 Insufficient historical volume

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