Boys' name · since 2004
Bowdie
Bowdie has 40 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,656 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,046 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bowdie currently ranks #8046 among boys' names in America, with 40 babies recorded since 2004.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bowdie has been recorded 40 times among boys since 2004, currently ranked #8046 nationally and more common than 42% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #23,656 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,046 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bowdie ranks #23,656 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,046 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 40 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,656 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,046 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bowdie's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bowdie compares
40 14th 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
Bowdie's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bowdie | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bowdie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bowdie's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bowdie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Bowdie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 88% of the file).
2020s was Bowdie's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Bowdie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (88% 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, 2004–2025 (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 Bowdie 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.