Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Bowman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bowman” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bowman” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bowman” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bowman” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bowman” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bowman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bowman” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 -100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 -100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 -100%
2013 20 0.000005486 20 -100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 -100%
2015 41 0.000011078 41 -100%
2016 43 0.000011721 43 -100%
2017 39 0.000010905 39 -100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 -100%
2019 43 0.000012389 43 -100%
2020 47 0.000014069 47 -100%
2021 47 0.000013873 47 -100%
2022 48 0.000014188 48 -100%
2023 41 0.000012382 41 -100%
2024 53 0.000015923 53 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Bowe
  2. Bowen
  3. Bower
  4. Bowie
  5. Bowin
  6. Bowman (this page)
  7. Bowyn
  8. Boy
  9. Boyan
  10. Boyce
  11. Boyd