Townes
Townes was the 1321st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 147 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,003 places. More babies were named Townes in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,321 boys, up 507 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 147boys
- Girls and boys
- 11% girls, 89% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025147 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,511babies recorded
Townes popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #5,705 | #1,321 | 22 | 147 |
| 2020 | #9,496 | #1,828 | 11 | 82 |
| 2010 | — | #3,008 | — | 39 |
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How popular is Townes, counting every spelling?
Townes has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,250 for boys in 2025, against #1,321 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Townes?
147 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Townes (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Townes born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 57 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Townes.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Townes?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Townes are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 12. That makes Townes a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Townes by state
How common Townes was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.5×), Tennessee (1.6×). In 34 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Townes
How popular is the name Townes?
Townes was the 1321st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 147 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,003 places. More babies were named Townes in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Townes a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 11% girls, 89% boys given the name Townes in the US.
Where is Townes most popular?
In 2021–2025, Townes was most common in Texas (0.18 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee.