Dow
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1893
10 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,091
since 1880
Born a Dow? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Dow was most popular in 1893, when 10 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.09 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Dow in 2025. Not recorded since 2015.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 9 | 4068 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 10 | 3146 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 12 | 2549 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 12 | 2445 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 10 | 2611 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 12 | 2327 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 11 | 2476 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 13 | 2310 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 20 | 1792 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 26 | 1546 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 19 | 1876 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 14 | 2210 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 23 | 1665 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 16 | 2026 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 14 | 2190 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 12 | 2361 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 10 | 2558 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 18 | 1826 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 14 | 2099 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 18 | 1804 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 18 | 1774 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 10 | 2438 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 17 | 1820 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 11 | 2326 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 12 | 2251 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 13 | 2030 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 13 | 1926 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 8 | 2633 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 14 | 1986 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 16 | 1799 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 11 | 2207 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 10 | 2322 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 11 | 2159 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 16 | 1741 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 10 | 2332 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 14 | 1872 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 13 | 2029 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 16 | 1783 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 15 | 1829 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 12 | 2191 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 18 | 1693 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 20 | 1644 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 14 | 2096 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 15 | 2048 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 22 | 1647 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 16 | 1981 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 17 | 1935 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 19 | 1839 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 17 | 1941 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 23 | 1591 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 13 | 2376 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 18 | 1885 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 21 | 1624 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 22 | 1596 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 17 | 1815 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 20 | 1594 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 15 | 1878 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 12 | 1868 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 11 | 1676 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 7 | 2045 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 6 | 943 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 6 | 928 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 9 | 744 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 8 | 787 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 10 | 650 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 9 | 667 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 6 | 878 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 5 | 921 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 8 | 677 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 7 | 754 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 5 | 909 |
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