Data through 2025

Bow name popularity in England and Wales

Bow ranked #2787 for girls in 2025. ONS recorded 9 girls named Bow.

Rank#2787

for girls in 2025

Girls recorded9

ONS

Peak year2012

30 recorded

Five-year change-43.8%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Bow for boys and girls

Girls

9

75.0% in 2025 · data from 2005 to 2025

Boys

3

25.0% in 2025 · data from 2010 to 2025

Bow in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys3#4975
2025girls9#2787
2024boys3#5119
2024girls6#3695
2023girls8#2927
2022boys6#3048
2022girls8#2888
2021boys6#3017
2021girls15#1866
2020girls16#1773
2019boys4#3937
2019girls19#1562
Show full history (28 rows)
YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys3#4975
2025girls9#2787
2024boys3#5119
2024girls6#3695
2023girls8#2927
2022boys6#3048
2022girls8#2888
2021boys6#3017
2021girls15#1866
2020girls16#1773
2019boys4#3937
2019girls19#1562
2018boys3#4749
2018girls24#1343
2017girls24#1371
2016girls25#1327
2015girls17#1711
2014girls18#1628
2013boys3#4685
2013girls25#1324
2012girls30#1130
2011girls14#1903
2010boys5#3332
2010girls8#2843
2009girls6#3422
2008girls5#3860
2007girls8#2627
2005girls3#4798

Data from Office for National Statistics · through 2025.

How Bow’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change-47.1%
Change since peak-70.0%