Bowie

Boy name

Bowie ranks #140 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 9 places, 591 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #197 for cats.

Bowie's popularity trend

Bowie's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2025.

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Year	Share
2025	0.072%
2024	0.065%
2023	0.06%
2022	0.053%
2021	0.041%
2020	0.035%
2019	0.033%
2018	0.034%
2017	0.025%
2016	0.02%
2015	0.017%
2014	0.016%
2013	0.015%
2012	0.019%
2011	0.015%
2010	0.013%
2009	0.011%
2008	0.01%
2007	0.012%

Licensed dogs in our data

591

across 9 places

Popularity rank

#140

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+229

2020 → 2025

Gender split

78% boys

22% girls78% boys

Where Bowie shows up

Bowie's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	0.4%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.2%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.0%

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