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How popular is the name Bowen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bowens are alive today.
Bowen (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 329th in 2025 with 129 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Bowen you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Bowens born in England and Wales are between 2 and 10, and there are at least 780 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bowen - on average, only one in every 389 such rooms contains a Bowen.
How many babies are named Bowen each year?
Where does Bowen rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bowen most popular?
Bowen peaked in 2025, when 129 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bowen?
At least 780 people named Bowen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bowen?
Most living Bowens are between 2 and 10; the most common age is about 2.
Is Bowen becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.