Dow — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dow

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,091 babies named Dow between 1880 and 2015, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dow currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dow performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Dow shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dow in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dow 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 1,091 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.