Dow is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Dow is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Dow was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1962 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #12,571 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #11,937 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #11,365 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #7,639 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #9,243 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #7,722 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,241 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,266 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #6,595 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #4,621 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,547 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #4,168 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,261 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | #5,329 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,111 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,198 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,106 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | #3,205 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #3,600 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #2,578 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #2,481 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,646 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | #2,365 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #2,513 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #2,345 |
| 1963 | 20 | — | #1,807 |
| 1962 | 26 | — | #1,556 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #1,897 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | #2,240 |
| 1959 | 23 | — | #1,677 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | #2,047 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #2,214 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #2,403 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,629 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | #1,847 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,122 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | #1,819 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | #1,793 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #2,476 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | #1,838 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,364 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #2,276 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,060 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #1,951 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #2,691 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,004 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #1,818 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,237 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,369 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | #2,198 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | #1,763 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,361 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #1,899 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,061 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | #1,800 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #1,850 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | #2,222 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | #1,718 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | #1,659 |
| 1929 | 14 | — | #2,121 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #2,073 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | #1,658 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #2,005 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | #1,951 |
| 1924 | 19 | — | #1,855 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | #1,965 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | #1,601 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | #2,410 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #1,903 |
| 1919 | 21 | — | #1,644 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #1,615 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #1,839 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | #1,605 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | #1,898 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #1,895 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #1,710 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,096 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,813 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #979 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #963 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #760 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | #803 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,122 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | #667 |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #683 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #903 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #971 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | #691 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #773 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #944 |