# Bowen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bowen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “son of owen” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈboʊ.ən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,513 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,187 / 326 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 761, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Welsh ab Owain (“son of Owen”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 11,324 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,203 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,178 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,557 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,683 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,312 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,693 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,817 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,211 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,895 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,527 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,338 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,149 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,404 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,993 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 315 | 722 |
| 2012 | 391 | 620 |
| 2013 | 430 | 590 |
| 2014 | 492 | 563 |
| 2015 | 557 | 517 |
| 2016 | 638 | 481 |
| 2017 | 660 | 459 |
| 2018 | 709 | 429 |
| 2019 | 709 | 433 |
| 2020 | 778 | 395 |
| 2021 | 889 | 368 |
| 2022 | 820 | 390 |
| 2023 | 941 | 349 |
| 2024 | 1,077 | 321 |
| 2025 | 1,292 | 266 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 34 | 887 |
| 2019 | 47 | 707 |
| 2020 | 33 | 878 |
| 2021 | 40 | 805 |
| 2022 | 63 | 592 |
| 2023 | 81 | 490 |
| 2024 | 126 | 346 |
| 2025 | 129 | 329 |

## People named Bowen

- Julie Bowen, American actress (born 1970)
- Bowen Yang, Chinese-American comedian
- Bowen Stassforth, American swimmer
- Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player
- Topper Headon, British drummer
- Bowe Becker, American swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.