Bowie
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Bowie
Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn put this name in play as a first name, but David Bowie (born with the considerably less marketable moniker of David Robert Jones) gave it charisma. He changed his surname in 1965 to avoid confusion with the then popular Davy Jones of The Monkees, borrowing it from the American hero of Alamo, Jim Bowie.
Bowie for boys#1228 US
An obscure choice until the 2010s, Bowie really took off in 2016 after the star's death, when admirers began to see it as a viable namesake - or, as a usable alternative to Bodhi, Brody and co. Given to around 200 boys and 120 girls each year, Bowie sits just outside the US Top 1000.
Deriving from the Scottish Gaelic word buidhe, meaning yellow, or blond, Bowie is Top 300 choice in the Netherlands and sits just within the Top 500 in the UK. It is also now at Number 457 on Nameberry, and actor Jackson Rathbone used it for his daughter.
Successfully combining Gaelic charm, a Western drawl, and musical cred, it's understandable that parents are choosing Bowie. The only problem? It can be said three different ways.
Bowie for girls#1736 US
Music legend David Bowie lends his adopted surname considerable charisma to this stylish Scottish name for girls and boys. Born David Robert Jones, he changed his name to avoid confusion with The Monkees' Davy Jones.
Another famous reference: Jim Bowie, an American hero of the Alamo, and the bowie knife's namesake.
With girls answering to musically-inspired surnames like Marley and Lennon, Bowie has slowly started to appear on girls' birth certificates, too. Actor Jackson Rathbone has a daughter called Presley Bowie, and Dale DeHaan and Anna Wood named their daughter Bowie Rose.
Pronounced BOH-ee.
As of October 2026, Bowie ranked #1228 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #951 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #743.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,259 | 59 | #4,675 | 30 |
| 2015 | #2,388 | 54 | #3,605 | 43 |
| 2016 | #1,330 | 134 | #2,427 | 76 |
| 2017 | #1,193 | 156 | #2,226 | 85 |
| 2018 | #986 | 210 | #1,800 | 113 |
| 2019 | #1,203 | 159 | #1,865 | 108 |
| 2020 | #1,119 | 176 | #1,753 | 114 |
| 2021 | #951 | 237 | #1,525 | 138 |
| 2022 | #1,092 | 198 | #1,847 | 110 |
| 2023 | #1,100 | 193 | #1,646 | 126 |
| 2024 | #1,206 | 167 | #1,995 | 98 |
| 2025 | #1,228 | 164 | #1,736 | 117 |
World rankings
Bowie for girls
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Famous Bowies
- Bowie Kent KuhnBoy
5th Commissioner of Major League Baseball
- Bowie William "Bo" HorvatBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Bowie Lam (Bǎoyí)Boy
Hong Kong actor
- Bowie Wu (Fung)Boy
Hong Kong actor
- Bowie WongBoy
Hong Kong,Australian fashion designer
- Suliasi "Bowie" TupouBoy
Australian boxer
- John Fox "Bowie Knife" PotterBoy
U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin
- Bowie Grey Wolfenden (b. 2015)Boy
son of actors Matthew Wolfenden and Charley Webb
- Bowie Ezio PeregoBoy
Saldana (b. 2015), son of actress Zoe Saldana and artist Marco Perego; twin brother Cy Aridio
- Bowie Taylan Donald (b. 2016)Boy
son of singer Howard Donald of Take That
- Bowie Thompson (b. 2016)Boy
son of actor Jason Thompson
- Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale (b. 2014)Boy
son of singers Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale
- Max Bowie Band (b. 2016)Boy
son of singer Alex Band of The Calling
- David BowieBoy
English singer,songwriter
- Jim BowieBoy
American pioneer (pronounced boo,wie) who invented the Bowie knife
- Bowie Tsang (born Zēng Bǎoyí)Girl
Taiwanese pop singer
- Bowie Lou Bellour (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of designer Rebecca Minkoff and Gavin Bellour
- Bowie Lacey (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of singer Jesse Lacey of Brand New
- Bowie Rose DeHaan (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of actors Dane DeHaan and Anna Wood
Bowie in pop culture
- Bowie GrantBoy
character in animated series "Robotech"
- BowieBoy
character in Michael Grant's "Gone" series
- Bowie QuinnBoy
character on Disney Channel's "Andi Mack"
- BowieBoy
Maryland
- BowieBoy
Texas
- pronounced booBoy
wie in Maryland and Texas