Dow is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 2015. Dow first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1962 (26 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #26,444 |
| 2005 | 5 | #25,989 |
| 2003 | 5 | #24,803 |
| 2000 | 8 | #17,041 |
| 1995 | 5 | #20,532 |
| 1993 | 7 | #16,189 |
| 1992 | 6 | #17,718 |
| 1989 | 6 | #16,302 |
| 1987 | 5 | #16,704 |
| 1984 | 5 | #15,287 |
| 1983 | 8 | #10,919 |
| 1981 | 5 | #15,283 |
| 1979 | 9 | #10,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #10,285 |
| 1977 | 6 | #12,440 |
| 1976 | 6 | #12,012 |
| 1973 | 7 | #9,877 |
| 1972 | 7 | #9,681 |
| 1971 | 10 | #7,717 |
| 1970 | 8 | #8,588 |
| 1969 | 12 | #6,285 |
| 1968 | 12 | #6,011 |
| 1967 | 10 | #6,417 |
| 1966 | 12 | #5,673 |
| 1965 | 11 | #5,979 |
| 1964 | 13 | #5,606 |
| 1963 | 20 | #4,312 |
| 1962 | 26 | #3,713 |
| 1961 | 19 | #4,430 |
| 1960 | 14 | #5,166 |
| 1959 | 23 | #3,813 |
| 1958 | 16 | #4,663 |
| 1957 | 14 | #4,969 |
| 1956 | 12 | #5,425 |
| 1955 | 10 | #5,847 |
| 1954 | 18 | #4,135 |
| 1953 | 14 | #4,686 |
| 1952 | 18 | #4,049 |
| 1951 | 18 | #3,916 |
| 1950 | 10 | #5,419 |
| 1949 | 17 | #3,965 |
| 1948 | 11 | #5,059 |
| 1947 | 12 | #4,935 |
| 1946 | 13 | #4,438 |
| 1945 | 13 | #4,074 |
| 1944 | 8 | #5,476 |
| 1943 | 14 | #4,125 |
| 1942 | 16 | #3,764 |
| 1941 | 11 | #4,515 |
| 1940 | 10 | #4,638 |
| 1939 | 11 | #4,379 |
| 1938 | 16 | #3,522 |
| 1937 | 10 | #4,618 |
| 1936 | 14 | #3,761 |
| 1935 | 13 | #4,000 |
| 1934 | 16 | #3,531 |
| 1933 | 15 | #3,615 |
| 1932 | 12 | #4,301 |
| 1931 | 18 | #3,326 |
| 1930 | 20 | #3,226 |
| 1929 | 14 | #4,066 |
| 1928 | 15 | #4,010 |
| 1927 | 22 | #3,269 |
| 1926 | 16 | #3,949 |
| 1925 | 17 | #3,860 |
| 1924 | 19 | #3,676 |
| 1923 | 17 | #3,885 |
| 1922 | 23 | #3,212 |
| 1921 | 13 | #4,665 |
| 1920 | 18 | #3,754 |
| 1919 | 21 | #3,246 |
| 1918 | 22 | #3,184 |
| 1917 | 17 | #3,628 |
| 1916 | 20 | #3,182 |
| 1915 | 15 | #3,702 |
| 1914 | 12 | #3,645 |
| 1913 | 11 | #3,354 |
| 1912 | 7 | #4,044 |
| 1911 | 5 | #3,849 |
| 1901 | 6 | #2,294 |
| 1899 | 6 | #2,217 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,876 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,890 |
| 1895 | 5 | #2,533 |
| 1893 | 10 | #1,582 |
| 1890 | 9 | #1,603 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,947 |
| 1887 | 5 | #2,016 |
| 1883 | 8 | #1,389 |
| 1882 | 7 | #1,504 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,784 |