Zowie — #15974 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zowie

The Social Security Administration has registered 806 babies named Zowie between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zowie currently holds the #15974 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zowie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 443 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zowie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Zowie in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zowie 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 806 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.