Boys' name · since 2002
Bowan
123 babies named Bowan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,040 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 123
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bowan currently ranks #7040 among boys' names in America, with 123 babies recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Bowan recorded 123 times among boys since 2002, holding rank #7040 nationally today, ahead of 49% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #16,046 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,040 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 123 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bowan ranks #16,046 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,040 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 123 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,040 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 123
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bowan's 123 recorded births place it above 64.63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bowan compares
123 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bowan's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bowan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 123 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bowan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bowan splits its recorded history at 2018: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bowan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Bowan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Bowan's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Bowan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (50% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bowan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.