Howell
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,923since 1880
Howell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Howell has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,745 | 26 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,189 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #1,295 | 36 |
| 1961 | #1,322 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,382 | 33 |
| 1959 | #1,172 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,060 | 52 |
| 1957 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1956 | #999 | 56 |
| 1955 | #1,084 | 48 |
| 1954 | #963 | 59 |
| 1953 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1952 | #939 | 57 |
| 1951 | #902 | 61 |
| 1950 | #791 | 74 |
| 1949 | #923 | 56 |
| 1948 | #972 | 51 |
| 1947 | #878 | 63 |
| 1946 | #869 | 57 |
| 1945 | #899 | 50 |
| 1944 | #918 | 48 |
| 1943 | #808 | 66 |
| 1942 | #970 | 47 |
| 1941 | #839 | 57 |
| 1940 | #792 | 61 |
| 1939 | #726 | 68 |
| 1938 | #825 | 56 |
| 1937 | #787 | 61 |
| 1936 | #736 | 67 |
| 1935 | #844 | 55 |
| 1934 | #749 | 67 |
| 1933 | #775 | 62 |
| 1932 | #816 | 61 |
| 1931 | #816 | 59 |
| 1930 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #995 | 46 |
| 1928 | #846 | 61 |
| 1927 | #726 | 80 |
| 1926 | #749 | 73 |
| 1925 | #730 | 79 |
| 1924 | #752 | 78 |
| 1923 | #729 | 80 |
| 1922 | #850 | 65 |
| 1921 | #772 | 75 |
| 1920 | #660 | 93 |
| 1919 | #822 | 63 |
| 1918 | #805 | 66 |
| 1917 | #706 | 74 |
| 1916 | #724 | 69 |
| 1915 | #715 | 68 |
| 1914 | #678 | 56 |
| 1913 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #707 | 20 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #680 | 14 |
| 1899 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #501 | 16 |
| 1894 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #547 | 12 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #576 | 11 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #482 | 14 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Howell was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 454 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #6,803)
- 823 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #6,803)
- 2,765 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 428 spots in 1905 (#1,064 → #636)
- Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1881 (#482 → #781)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #482 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1909–1952
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,337
- Highest: 1 in 7,337 boys born in 1895 were named Howell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #482 in 1880, was only 1 in 7,892 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.6% of all boys named Howell (730) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #482 (1880) | #655 |
| 1890s | 97 | #501 (1895) | #657 |
| 1900s | 102 | #636 (1905) | #824 |
| 1910s | 500 | #678 (1914) | #755 |
| 1920s | 730 | #660 (1920) | #781 |
| 1930s | 607 | #726 (1939) | #802 |
| 1940s | 556 | #792 (1940) | #887 |
| 1950s | 540 | #791 (1950) | #1,016 |
| 1960s | 290 | #1,189 (1964) | #1,503 |
| 1970s | 138 | #1,745 (1971) | #2,984 |
| 1980s | 78 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,093 |
| 1990s | 46 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,891 |
| 2000s | 45 | #6,013 (2001) | #7,530 |
| 2010s | 36 | #9,568 (2015) | #10,878 |
| 2020s | 65 | #5,980 (2020) | #7,374 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Howell in 1891
boys
#635
9 births · 1 in 11,243 boys
Top boys' names in 1891
More about 1891
boys
101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 11,243 of them was named Howell, which outranked 43.7% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).