Dow
Dow is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 667th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196226 births
- Best rank
- #667in 1893
- Since 1880
- 1,091people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,091 boys have been named Dow in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 26 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 26 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dow | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | |
| 1890s | 47 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 130 | |
| 1920s | 174 | |
| 1930s | 145 | |
| 1940s | 125 | |
| 1950s | 153 | |
| 1960s | 149 | |
| 1970s | 61 | |
| 1980s | 29 | |
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 18 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Dow was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Dow
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Martpeak 1958
- Roswellpeak 1919
- Frenchpeak 1915
- Webbpeak 1927
- Dellpeak 1953
- Llewellynpeak 1916
- Bernhardpeak 1916
- Hughpeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.