How Many People Are Named Bowman?
people named Bowman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 403,524 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,022 babies named Bowman in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
57 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bowman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bowman alive today is about 15 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bowman first appears in the records in 1884, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 57 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bowman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #989, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #2,396.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,396 |
| Best rank | #989 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,607 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bowman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bowman were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today.
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