girls:
258 births since 2004
#5458 (4th percentile)
boys:
10.8k births since 1913
#1117 (76th percentile)
overall:
11.1k births since 1913
#2502 (68th percentile)
The name Bowen is the #2,502 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,065 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 67.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,117 (75.6% percentile) for all time with 10,807 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,458 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 258 births since 2004.
Bowen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Bowen is available in 88 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (88 years for boys and 17 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 Bowen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Bowen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 63.8% percentile (ranked #330) with 510 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 510 births per million (ranked 63.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1989, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bowen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #330 (63.8% percentile) with 510 births per million.
For girls, Bowen reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #911) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Bowen ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 85.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bowen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Bowen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.2% confident that Bowen is pronounced as BOH-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BOH-ihn, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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