Townes
About Townes
America has fallen in love with Hayes and Brooks and Banks and Rhodes, and now, parents are turning to Townes. With its fashionable S ending and image that can read as preppy or country or cowboy, depending on the context, Townes feels destined for mainstream success.
Given to 116 boys in a recent year, Townes was virtually unheard of as a given name before the 2000s but has been a fast climbing choice since the 2010s. Blending the surname and plural name trends, it has also been used on a small handful of girls in recent years.
Townes Van Zandt was a country and folk singer/songwriter.
Pronounced TOWNZ.
As of October 2026, Townes ranked #1321 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #862.
Editor's take: The name Townes is a boy's name meaning "one who lived in a town".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,488 | 51 | 26.6 |
| 2015 | #2,324 | 57 | 29.7 |
| 2016 | #1,843 | 82 | 43.2 |
| 2017 | #2,563 | 50 | 27 |
| 2018 | #1,896 | 79 | 43.5 |
| 2019 | #2,038 | 72 | 40.1 |
| 2020 | #1,826 | 82 | 47.5 |
| 2021 | #1,502 | 119 | 68 |
| 2022 | #1,491 | 122 | 69.9 |
| 2023 | #1,526 | 116 | 67.8 |
| 2024 | #1,551 | 113 | 65.6 |
| 2025 | #1,321 | 147 | 86.1 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Townes.
- Fielder
- Whit
- Penn
- Augie
- Ferris
- Wiley
- Keats
- Wylie
- Artie
- Oakes
- Tag
- Halsten
- Crosby
- Fitz
- Mercer
- Rooney
- Van
- Brigham
- Kipp
- Ames
Townes on lists
Famous Towness
- (John) Townes Van Zandt
American country/folk singer,songwriter
- Justin Townes Earle
American country/folk singer,songwriter
Townes in pop culture
- D.L Townes
Character in "The Queen's Gambit"