The table below indicates the number of times the name Dow has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dow
Use of the Name Dow for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
79
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dow has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Dow last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1901, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dow
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
943
5
1881
1882
773
7
1883
691
8
1884
1885
1886
1887
971
5
1888
1889
903
6
1890
683
9
1891
1892
1893
667
10
1894
1895
1896
1897
805
8
1898
760
9
1899
963
6
1900
1901
979
6
Totals:
79
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Dow as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Dow appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 11 times during the last 125 years.