NameTides

Bowie

Bowie was the #1,227 boys' name in the US in 2025 (164 babies), and #379 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Bowie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bowie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Bowie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,227 (164)#379 (109)#367 (9)#395 (3)#509 (6)#885 (29)
2024#1,211 (167)#414 (97)#535 (5)—#394 (9)#902 (28)
2023#1,098 (194)#490 (81)#728 (3)#348 (4)#436 (8)#1,015 (23)
2022#1,093 (198)#500 (78)#590 (4)#352 (4)#657 (4)#745 (34)
2021#951 (237)#503 (78)#720 (3)—#552 (5)#673 (40)
2020#1,119 (176)#640 (54)#599 (4)—#402 (9)#778 (31)
2019#1,202 (159)#753 (43)#609 (4)—#764 (3)#840 (28)
2018#984 (210)#702 (49)#595 (4)—#435 (8)#858 (27)
2017#1,191 (156)#833 (38)——#610 (4)#1,074 (20)
2016#1,329 (134)#884 (35)—#421 (3)—#1,423 (13)
2015#2,386 (54)#1,902 (12)——#554 (5)#1,816 (9)
2014#2,256 (59)#3,362 (5)————
2013#3,864 (26)#3,315 (5)——#711 (3)—
2012#4,131 (24)#2,270 (9)——#718 (3)—
2011#3,510 (30)#3,830 (4)——#730 (3)—

Bowie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bowie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Bowie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,733 (117)#1,407 (22)—#352 (11)#1,974 (11)
2024#1,997 (98)#1,541 (20)#638 (4)#259 (16)#1,409 (17)
2023#1,645 (126)#1,959 (14)—#296 (13)#1,678 (13)
2022#1,844 (110)#1,685 (17)—#357 (11)#1,017 (25)
2021#1,524 (138)#1,195 (28)—#258 (17)#1,153 (22)
2020#1,752 (114)#1,352 (23)—#275 (15)#1,087 (23)
2019#1,864 (108)#2,040 (13)—#421 (9)#1,067 (24)
2018#1,799 (113)#2,674 (9)—#734 (4)#1,259 (19)
2017#2,221 (85)#3,583 (6)—#430 (9)#1,673 (13)
2016#2,426 (76)#3,214 (7)——#1,906 (11)
2015#3,595 (43)——#896 (3)—
2014#4,657 (30)#5,691 (3)———
2013#3,573 (43)————
2012#6,110 (21)#4,838 (4)——#3,334 (5)
2011#10,374 (10)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #951.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1920.
  • In 2025, 42% of US babies named Bowie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 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

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bowie is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bowie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #934CAUtah: #515UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Bowie (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Bowie (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BowieCanadaGirls#1,97411
BowieCanadaBoys#88529
BowieEngland & WalesGirls#1,40722
BowieEngland & WalesBoys#379109
BowieIrelandGirls#35211
BowieIrelandBoys#5096
BowieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BowieNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
BowieScotlandGirls—too few
BowieScotlandBoys#3679
BowieUSGirls#1,733117
BowieUSBoys#1,227164