Namebino · Girl names · Boy names
Girl's name · #1736 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
38% girls · 62% boys — About 62% of babies named Bowie in recent years have been boys. Bowie →
The whole story of Bowie fits in one generation — unrecorded before 2006, about 1,300 girls since, and a 2025 rank of #1736 (120 newborns last year).
In recent years, Bowie ran about 6× its national rate in Utah.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
See how Bowie ranks in other countries and regions.
#180 in Netherlands (2025) · #352 in Ireland (2025) · #1,023 in Belgium (2025) · #1,407 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,974 in Canada (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #638 in Scotland (2024) · #2,202 in Austria (2022) · #4,235 in France (2022) · #302 in New Zealand (2020).
It is also an American family name — about 12,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.
Among 16 notable people named Bowie:
Entertainers appear 2.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese television host, singer, actress, and writer (born 1973).
Similar names: Kollins · Bobbie · Beckett · Rooney · Finnley · Kodi
Browse more girl names — popularity, trends and eras for 5,700+ American names, free.