boys:
375 births since 2004
#4211 (8th percentile)
overall:
375 births since 2004
#7364 (5th percentile)
The name Kowen is the #7,364 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 375 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 4.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,211 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 375 births since 2004.
Kowen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (first recorded for boys in 2004).
For boys, Kowen reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #875) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kowen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #885 (2.9% percentile) with 17 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kowen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kowen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Kowen is pronounced as KOH-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOH-ehn, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like K OW1 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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