Bow was the #6,446 boys' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.
Bow as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2025
#6,446 (13)
#5,137 (3)
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2024
#7,257 (11)
#5,120 (3)
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2022
#4,701 (21)
#3,049 (6)
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2021
#7,089 (11)
#3,017 (6)
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2020
#8,739 (8)
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2019
#5,153 (18)
#3,937 (4)
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2018
#4,918 (19)
#4,749 (3)
#2,740 (5)
2017
#4,935 (19)
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2016
#6,726 (12)
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2015
#5,289 (17)
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2014
#4,866 (19)
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2013
#5,659 (15)
#4,685 (3)
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2012
#9,709 (7)
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2011
#9,600 (7)
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2010
#10,766 (6)
#3,332 (5)
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Bow as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
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#2,788 (9)
2024
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#3,696 (6)
2023
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#2,928 (8)
2022
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#2,889 (8)
2021
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#1,866 (15)
2020
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#1,773 (16)
2019
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#1,562 (19)
2018
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#1,343 (24)
2017
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#1,371 (24)
2016
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#1,327 (25)
2015
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#1,711 (17)
2014
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#1,628 (18)
2013
#16,547 (5)
#1,324 (25)
2012
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#1,130 (30)
2011
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#1,903 (14)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2022 at #4,701.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1980.
How common is it?
about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
How common, country by country
Where
Sex
Latest year
Share
Verdict
US
Boys
2025
about 1 in 130,000
rare
England & Wales
Boys
2025
about 1 in 91,000
rare
England & Wales
Girls
2025
about 1 in 28,000
rare
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.