Bowen

Boy · recorded 1913–2025

  • #266in 2025
  • 1 in 1,322boys in 2025
  • +160%last ten years
  • 3.7×in Iowa

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 160% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

037875619131941196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 90 recorded years as a table
Bowen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
19167
19176
191810
19195
19205
19226
19236
19265
19377
19387
19395
19405
19444
19466
19475
19494
19515
19524
19534
19544
19572
19583
19595
19602
19612
19623
19633
19643
19654
19664
19673
19684
19696
19706
19714
19724
19735
19746
19757
19764
19779
19783
19798
198011
198113
19826
19838
198410
198512
19869
198711
19887
19896
199013
199115
199213
199313
199420
199523
199631
199749
199853
199953
200059
200154
200252
200365
200460
200572
200667
200784
200863
200965
201086
2011166
2012206
2013227
2014256
2015291
2016336
2017357
2018390
2019395
2020451
2021508
2022470
2023550
2024625
2025756

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Iowa 3.7×
  2. West Virginia 3.1×
  3. Nebraska 2.9×
  4. Idaho 2.9×
  5. South Carolina 2.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,292
Rank in 2025
#266
How rare
1 in 1,322 boys
Since 1913
13,187

Most popular in 2025, at 756 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 160% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Iowa3.7×98
West Virginia3.1×38
Nebraska2.9×49
Idaho2.9×47
South Carolina2.5×102

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.