girl's name

Zowie

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 854

Ireland

#597

1993 births

Zowie is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2003, when 65 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1992.

Zowie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

443
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Zowie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 114
2000s 443
2010s 224
2020s (to 2025) 31

How popular is Zowie?

In 2025, Zowie was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Zowie is used

Ireland #597 3 in 1993
Canada #2,738 6 in 2004
England & Wales #7,108 3 in 2020
United States #14,876 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Zowie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Zowie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zowie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Zowie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zowie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Zowie

How popular is the name Zowie?

In 2025, Zowie was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Zowie a girl's or a boy's name?

Zowie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Zowie most popular?

Zowie peaked in 2003, when 65 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Zowie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zowie currently ranks #14,876 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.