How Many People Are Named Bowe?
An estimated 173 people in the United States have the first name Bowe. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 14 years old, and Bowe peaked in popularity in 2014 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bowe 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 Bowe paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
173
About 1 in 1,981,239 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
14
years old
Peak Year
2014
17 births
Total Registered
175
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bowe
Bowe is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 175 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Bowe as a male name
Ranked #6,871 in 2024
12 male births in 2024
Peak: 2014 (17 births)
Bowe: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bowe span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 87 babies were registered. While Bowe is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Bowe by Decade
How has Bowe 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.
Bowe + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bowe as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bowe
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bowe: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bowe?
We estimate approximately 173 people named Bowe 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 1,981,239 Americans share this first name.
Is Bowe a common name?
Bowe is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 175 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bowe most popular?
Bowe reached peak popularity in 2014, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bowe is approximately 14 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bowe a male name?
Bowe is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bowe Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bowe Smith, Bowe Johnson, Bowe 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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