Bowen

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bowen: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #346, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#346highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2024	#5891

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #346 among boys in England and Wales, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #535 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #346 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #346 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bowen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Bowen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	44	9 of 10	5
2010s	232	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	343	5 of 10	69

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 69 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 45, from 81 to 126.

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

Bowen appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #346 in England and Wales in 2024.

Bowen'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#346	126	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#490	81	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#592	63	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#805	40	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#707	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#887	34	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #346, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 126 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 27 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.

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.

Bow · #1130, 19y
Bowe · #755, 8y
Bowie · #258, 21y
Boyan · #2546, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Adelaide · #347, 31y
Andi · #347, 29y
Kole · #348, 28y
Kyren · #348, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aris · #346, 26y
Dawud · #346, 29y
Fiza · #346, 27y
Nikhil · #346, 29y

Bowen was ranked #346 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. 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.

Bowen 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 Bowen without appearing here.

Bowen moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1186 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1247 and #4685.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1289 and #3865.
Anders Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #1749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1289 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Bowen

Cillian Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1889 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1746.
Filip Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1664.

Moved the opposite way to Bowen

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Bowen

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bowen went from #2419 to #346 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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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 4 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #346 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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