Meaning and history
From a Scottish surname derived from Gaelic buidhe meaning “yellow,” Bowie has been used as a given name in honor of British musician David Bowie (1947–2016), born David Robert Jones, who adopted his stage name from American pioneer James Bowie (1796–1836) but pronounced it differently.
20062006: 21 births, rank #4,370
2007: 18 births, rank #4,996
2008: 25 births, rank #4,044
2009: 19 births, rank #4,922
2010: 44 births, rank #2,730
20112011: 30 births, rank #3,510
2012: 24 births, rank #4,131
2013: 26 births, rank #3,864
2014: 59 births, rank #2,256
2015: 54 births, rank #2,386
20162016: 134 births, rank #1,329
2017: 156 births, rank #1,191
2018: 210 births, rank #984
2019: 159 births, rank #1,202
2020: 176 births, rank #1,119
20212021: 237 births, rank #951
2022: 198 births, rank #1,093
2023: 194 births, rank #1,098
2024: 167 births, rank #1,211
20252025: 164 births, rank #1,227
Bowie rose from #987 to #952 for boys between 2018 and 2021. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 237.