Dowe

Boys' name

Beloved, through Dow

Dowe has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1931. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1931, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Dowe, 1931

1 in 421,000

Dowe over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dowe: meaning, origin, and history

Beloved, through Dow

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dowe means

Dowe belongs to the name family reached through Dowe → Dow → Daw → David. Its meaning is “beloved”.

Origin, language, and formation

Dowe is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dow, Daw and David.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Dowe between 1931 and 1931. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1931; its best national rank was #3,914 in 1931.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dowe?

Dowe had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1931, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1931: 1 in 421,000; 5 of 2,104,333 births
Among boys only: 1 in 208,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1931: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 291,724 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dowe sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1931 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 291,724 children born in 1931 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dowe. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dowes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dowe was born before 1931 — so the typical Dowe is around 94 today.

Median birth year: 1931; About 94 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Dowe rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1931 (5)
Years since peak: 94; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,914; 1931

Spellings of Dowe

Dowe is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 26.3% against Dowe's <0.01%.

Jose26.3%592,512
Joe20.1%453,255
Dale12.3%278,156
Owen10.9%245,644
Don7.4%167,632
Cole6.8%154,093
Dave2.9%64,378
Dewey1.5%34,373

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dowe by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,914; 1931
Peak year: 1931; 5 that year
First recorded: 1931
Last recorded: 1931
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dowe

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dowl Dowd Downey Howe Stowe Downing Arlowe Doward Bowe Lowe Rowe Harlowe Dowell Dow Marlowe

Sibling names for Dowe

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Billy Ardith Roma Marvel Bobby Socorro Josefina Louella

For a brother

Gaylord Carrol Talmadge Normand Bobbie Franklyn Mary Frances

Explore around Dowe

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