How Many People Are Named Bowan?
An estimated 110 people in the United States have the first name Bowan. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 9 years old, and Bowan peaked in popularity in 2024 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bowan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bowan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
110
About 1 in 3,115,949 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
9
years old
Peak Year
2024
15 births
Total Registered
111
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bowan
Bowan is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 111 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Bowan as a male name
Ranked #5,922 in 2024
15 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (15 births)
Bowan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bowan span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 51 babies were registered. Bowan remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Bowan by Decade
How has Bowan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bowan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bowan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bowan
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bowan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bowan?
We estimate approximately 110 people named Bowan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,115,949 Americans share this first name.
Is Bowan a common name?
Bowan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 65.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 111 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bowan most popular?
Bowan reached peak popularity in 2024, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bowan is approximately 9 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bowan a male name?
Bowan is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bowan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bowan Smith, Bowan Johnson, Bowan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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