Bowden — #2611 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bowden

The Social Security Administration has registered 577 babies named Bowden between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bowden currently holds the #2611 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bowden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bowden shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bowden in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bowden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 577 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.