Kowan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kowan

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Kowan between 1972 and 2023, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kowan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kowan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kowan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kowan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kowan 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 19 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.