Townes
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- TOWNZ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,315 for boys
Townes is a name of English origin, meaning “of the town”. In 2025 it ranked 1,315th for boys in the US (147 babies).
What does Townes mean?
English: surname for someone living in a town or settlement
“of the town”
Associated with the Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997).
Is Townes a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Townes has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls and 147 boys in the US.
How popular is Townes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,315th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 147 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 147 boys in the US were named Townes, making it the 1,315th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. It first appears in the records in 2002. 22 girls were also named Townes in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Townes of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Townes in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13% of the babies named Townes in the US were girls.
Townes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | #1,315 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,479 |
| 2021 | 119 | #1,496 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,019 |
| 2018 | 79 | #1,885 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 82 | #1,828 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
Names like Townes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rhodes, Ares, Briggs, Tripp, Riggs, Crew, Thiago, Truce, Tru, Banks, Kross, Bear
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Townes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/townes, updated 20 October 2026.