Boys' name · since 1993
Bowdy
Bowdy has 157 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,441 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,412 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bowdy is the #7412 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 157 recorded since 1993.
Bowdy has 157 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7412 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #14,441 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,412 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 157 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bowdy ranks #14,441 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,412 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 157 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,441 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,412 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bowdy's 157 recorded births place it above 68.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bowdy compares
157 33rd 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
Bowdy's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bowdy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 157 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bowdy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bowdy's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bowdy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Bowdy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Bowdy's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Bowdy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Bowdy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bowdy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
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, 1993–2025 (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 Bowdy 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.