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Bowie

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

Boy's name · #1227 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Bowie has appeared in US records since 1920 — best rank #951 (2021) · 2,235 babies named Bowie all-time · 1 in 10,000 boys born in 2025.

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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