Fowler
Boy · FOW-ler · English
Fowler is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bird catcher”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Fowler mean?
English: English occupational surname
“bird catcher”
An English occupational surname for a hunter of wild birds, from Old English fugelere.
- Say it
- FOW-ler
Is Fowler a girl's or a boy's name?
Fowler 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 Fowler 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 Fowler, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Fowler in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fowler in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
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