Will my child share the name Bowie with classmates?

Unlikely. With around 109 UK babies named Bowie per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Bowie in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.

Is Bowie becoming more or less popular in the UK?

Bowie is at its highest recorded position — #379 in 2025, with 109 births. In 2020 it ranked #640.

Is Bowie popular in the US as well as the UK?

Bowie is more popular in the US (#950) than in the UK (#1541). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.

Is Bowie a popular baby name in the United States?

Bowie does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice.

👦 Boy's name 💎 Relatively Unique UK #379

Bowie

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Bowie is a distinctive choice, ranked #379 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Bowie in their class.

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UK Rank 2025

#379

US Rank #950

About the Name Bowie

Bowie has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 189 places in five years. It was most popular in 2021 at #1195 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.

Bowie is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Bowie in their class.

In the US it ranks even higher at #950, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.

⭐ Famous People Named Bowie

Kieron Bowie — Kieron Thomas Bowie is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Hellas Verona and the Scotland national team.

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.