Bowden
Boy · BOH-den · English
Bowden is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,942nd for boys in the US (79 babies).
What does Bowden mean?
English: English and Scottish surname from place names
From places named Bowden in England and the Scottish Borders.
- Say it
- BOH-den
Is Bowden a girl's or a boy's name?
Bowden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 79 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bowden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Bowden, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 168 boys in the UK were given Bowden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #312, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Bowden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Bowden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,942among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were named Bowden, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. It first appears in the records in 1976.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Bowden of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Bowden in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 574 boys in the US were given Bowden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #522, up from #1,942 for this spelling alone.
Bowden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Bowden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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