Bowe

maleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#755highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Stable

among girls in England and Wales · 2011–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#5785
2015	#5730
2016	#5785

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

StableEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 6 of the 11 years from 2014 to 2024.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3990 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2011–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2011
First recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales in 2011 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bowe appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 6 ranked years and 24 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2011.

Bowe 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.

Bowe'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 · Boys	#3895 (2014)	#3254 (2024)	#3254 (2024)	6 of 11	24 (2014–2024)	6 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5785 (2011)	#5730 (2015)	#5785 (2016)	3 of 6	9 (2011–2016)	3 (2011)

Bowe appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #755 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Bowe'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	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2011 and 2024, ranked in 8 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #755, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

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.

Botond · #715, 11y
Bow · #1130, 19y
Bowen · #346, 27y
Bowie · #258, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Akvile · #752, 10y
Enrika · #758, 8y
Rusne · #758, 11y
Kaiah · #751, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Ahil · #754, 15y
Adelyn · #764, 14y
Aria-Rose · #746, 12y
Bonnie-Rae · #764, 12y

Bowe was ranked #755 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bowe 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 Bowe without appearing here.

Bowe moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Bowe

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Rune Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #4810.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #755 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bowe

Bowe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bowe across 2 official records

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

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Bowe at a glance

Bowe across 2 official records

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Bowe

Bowe and the names beside it

Bowe moved ahead of

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