Bowman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOH-man
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,390 for boys
Bowman is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “archer”. In 2025 it ranked 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Bowman mean?
English: English occupational surname
“archer”
An English occupational surname for an archer, from Middle English bowe 'bow' and man.
Is Bowman a girl's or a boy's name?
Bowman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bowman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,390th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Bowman, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had the most boys named Bowman of any year since it first appeared, in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Bowman in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bowman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
Names like Bowman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Baker, Boston, Hudson, Callan, Beckett, Boden, Brixton, Rowan, Braxton, Benson, Easton, Declan
Names related to Bowman
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Bowman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bowman, updated 20 October 2026.