Lowell

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1931 · 1,090 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
41,330
since 1881

Lowell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lowell has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #147, 1931boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,24036
2024#3,69330
2023#3,62931
2022#3,10039
2021#15,2515#2,86243
2020#3,02538
2019#2,89742
2018#2,79643
2017#3,12337
2016#2,83842
2015#2,64146
2014#2,98538
2013#2,95538
2012#2,63246
2011#3,60529
2010#3,70828
2009#2,94640
2008#2,94640
2007#2,97439
2006#2,93238
2005#2,84637
2004#3,07432
2003#2,62038
2002#2,81733
2001#2,98830
2000#1,89555
1999#1,73359
1998#1,95749
1997#1,85950
1996#1,63859
1995#1,47765
1994#1,75350
1993#1,37970
1992#1,25581
1991#1,19686
1990#1,058100
1989#1,06496
1988#1,02392
1987#1,04783
1986#10,9125#93795
1985#897102
1984#88497
1983#93090
1982#798123
1981#10,4115#882102
1980#850108
1979#762130
1978#774118
1977#762124
1976#689145
1975#725130
1974#724128
1973#639155
1972#646152
1971#555212
1970#523238
1969#508234
1968#441299
1967#459272
1966#449292
1965#430323
1964#427353
1963#426358
1962#395419
1961#400393
1960#380431
1959#5,5666#368453
1958#364449
1957#4,9187#359449
1956#329507
1955#5,8285#339470
1954#333471
1953#5,6735#318491
1952#320488
1951#287566
1950#276572
1949#255636
1948#5,2435#260623
1947#4,7646#255670
1946#3,9947#238650
1945#3,6767#223603
1944#205720
1943#200806
1942#4,6225#177885
1941#3,9546#176865
1940#3,8636#172870
1939#3,7826#166924
1938#164966
1937#3,4347#155982
1936#3,3767#1501,022
1935#3,1568#152994
1934#2,9239#1481,033
1933#2,8689#161880
1932#2,64411#1501,047
1931#2,75010#1471,090
1930#191721
1929#2,58712#193700
1928#2,95410#188758
1927#3,05310#193757
1926#2,25716#195725
1925#2,93911#196709
1924#2,40915#175819
1923#3,6418#194710
1922#2,95811#197698
1921#2,50914#198690
1920#2,73112#198670
1919#2,81311#204608
1918#2,37614#225555
1917#2,10016#205551
1916#208529
1915#2,52611#201536
1914#2,8767#209390
1913#2,5407#206322
1912#2,1448#231225
1911#251104
1910#29171
1909#1,7637#29958
1908#27860
1907#29253
1906#26654
1905#26655
1904#35432
1903#29740
1902#37328
1901#38324
1900#37535
1899#25443
1898#36428
1897#37525
1896#35729
1895#34728
1894#48017
1893#47915
1892#64111
1891#52412
1890#37622
1889#41519
1888#7049
1887#6319
1886#57811
1885#6419
1884
1883#6778
1882#61110
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Lowell! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lowell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 453 spots since 2024 (#3,693#3,240)
  • 215 spots since 2020 (#3,025#3,240)
  • 599 spots since 2015 (#2,641#3,240)
  • Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1889 (#704#415)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1891 (#376#524)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1931 at #147 (1,090 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 105 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1885–1986
Share of babies · boys
1 in 954
  • Highest: 1 in 954 boys born in 1931 were named Lowell (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Lowell (9,659) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s80#415 (1889)#640
1890s230#254 (1899)#420
1900s439#266 (1905)#318
1910s3,891#201 (1915)#223
1920s7,236#175 (1924)#193
1930s9,659#147 (1931)#158
1940s7,328#172 (1940)#216
1950s4,916#276 (1950)#329
1960s3,374#380 (1960)#432
1970s1,532#523 (1970)#680
1980s988#798 (1982)#931
1990s669#1,058 (1990)#1,531
2000s382#1,895 (2000)#2,804
2010s389#2,632 (2012)#3,018
2020s217#2,862 (2021)#3,258

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.

Lowell in 1913

girls
#2,540
7 births · 1 in 89,221 girls
boys
#206
322 births · 1 in 1,592 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #2,540Lowell7

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #206Lowell322
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 89,221 of them was named Lowell, which outranked 31.5% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lowell
  1. #2,331Wilhelmenia8
  2. #2,331Willma8
  3. #2,331Zephyr8
  4. #2,540Lowell7
  5. #2,540Adelaida7
  6. #2,540Adelyne7
  7. #2,540Ader7
  8. #2,827Adelma6
  9. #2,827Adria6
  10. #2,827Agapita6

Tied with 286 names at #2,540; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 963Dominga#1,844#881
  2. 931Stacia#1,844#913
  3. 576Olympia#1,477#901
  4. 559Lilah#1,540#981
  5. 445Elfrieda#1,297#852
Fallers
  1. 806Karen#960#1,766
  2. 572Erie#833#1,405
  3. 559Gertha#846#1,405
  4. 527Lossie#938#1,465
  5. 505Ardelia#960#1,465

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 1,592 of them was named Lowell, which outranked 93.7% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lowell
  1. #203Johnie326
  2. #204Dominick325
  3. #205Dennis324
  4. #206Lowell322
  5. #206Elwood322
  6. #208Ivan316
  7. #209Laurence314
  8. #210Amos312

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913