Bowie

“Yellow-haired, fair (Gaelic "son of the yellow lad")” — Scottish Gaelic (surname also from Irish) origin

Boy's name · #1228 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Bowie is near its high-water mark: it reached #952 in 2021 and still ranked #1228 in 2025. About 2,200 boys have carried it since 1920. It is also an American family name — about 12,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data. About 62% of babies named Bowie in recent years have been boys.

Around the world: #93 in Australia (QLD) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Bowies

Bowie Lam — Hong Kong actor
Bowie Wu — Hong Kong male actor, programme host, and singer
Bowie Kuhn — American baseball commissioner (1926-2007)
Bowie Wong — Australian fashion designer
Bowie Hau Chi-keung — Hong Kong politician

What Bowies become

Among 16 notable people named Bowie:

Entertainers appear 2.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bowie Lam, Hong Kong actor.

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