Bowdy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOH-dee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Bowdy is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Bowdy come from?
Modern: probably a respelling of Bodie
Is Bowdy a girl's or a boy's name?
Bowdy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bowdy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Bowdy, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Bowdy of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Bowdy in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,357 boys in the US were given Bowdy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #118, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Bowdy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Names like Bowdy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Kayden Braylen Brecken Brayden Rayden Kyaire Declan Finnegan Aiden Ronan Raiden
Other spellings of Bowdy
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bowdy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bowdy, updated 20 October 2026.