Bowman
Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Bowman was most popular in 2025, when 57 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,152 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,152, with 57 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,022 people named Bowman.
Bowman over time
How old is the name Bowman?
Bowman first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 75 of the 142 years since.
How many people are named Bowman?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,022 American births named Bowman between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 848 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Bowman in 2025?
57 American babies were named Bowman in 2025, ranking #5,152 that year.
Is Bowman getting more or less popular?
Bowman is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 49 births a year, against 23 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +111% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Bowman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Bowman is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,022 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Bowman?
Roughly 848 Americans named Bowman are alive today — 83% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 5 and 20.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org