Bow

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bow: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bow: Recorded since 2005, it reached #1,130 in 2012, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#1130highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2007	#2627
2008	#3860
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2011	#1903
2012	#1130
2013	#1324
2014	#1628
2015	#1711
2016	#1327
2017	#1371
2018	#1343
2019	#1562
2020	#1773
2021	#1866
2022	#2888
2023	#2927
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #1130 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bow appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 279 births with the name.

Bow across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bow's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#1130 (2012)	#3695 (2024)	19 of 20	279 (2005–2024)	30 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#3332 (2010)	#3017 (2021)	#5119 (2024)	7 of 15	30 (2010–2024)	6 (2021)

Bow by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bow in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	204	10 of 10	20
2020s	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bow appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1130 in England and Wales in 2012.

Bow's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1130	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,130, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Boston · #398, 24y
Botond · #715, 11y
Bowe · #755, 8y
Bowen · #346, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chirag · #1130, 18y
Amyrah · #1128, 16y
Genesis · #1128, 23y
Leo-James · #1132, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amyrah · #1128, 16y
Genesis · #1128, 23y
Leo-James · #1132, 16y
Haniyah · #1135, 23y

Bow and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bow without appearing here.

Bow moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1903 and #4764.
Jeanette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4798 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2627 and #5201.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Bow

Braxton Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #497.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1452.
Gunnar Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #3822.

Moved the opposite way to Bow

Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #2627 to #3695 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #2627 to #3695 while Marilyn went from #4294 to #1541.
Meabh Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #2627 to #3695 while Meabh went from #5201 to #952.
Carol Compare
Between 2005 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #4798 to #1866 while Carol went from #2438 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Bow

Evan Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #2627 to #3695 and Evan from #3218 to #5891.
Kari Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #2627 to #3695 and Kari from #3667 to #5891.
Kristine Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #2627 to #3695 and Kristine from #3667 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bow went from #1324 to #3695 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1130 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Bow across 2 official records

Bow by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bow appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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