Kowen — #2773 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kowen

The Social Security Administration has registered 424 babies named Kowen between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kowen currently holds the #2773 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kowen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kowen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kowen in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kowen 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 424 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.