girls:
5 births since 2013
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
236 births since 1980
#4350 (5th percentile)
overall:
241 births since 1980
#7498 (3rd percentile)
The name Bow is the #7,498 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 241 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,350 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 236 births since 1980. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2013.
Bow first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Bow is available in 22 out of the 43 years between 1980 and 2022 (22 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bow has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Bow reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #908) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Bow reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #931) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bow".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Bow. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.3% confident that Bow is pronounced as boh, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is bow, at 18.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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