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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

girls
#2,644
11 births · 1 in 97,013 girls
boys
#150
1,047 births · 1 in 997 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #2,644Lowell11

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #150Lowell1,047
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 97,013 of them was named Lowell, which outranked 48.1% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lowell
  1. #2,490Wallace12
  2. #2,490Wesley12
  3. #2,490Willard12
  4. #2,644Lowell11
  5. #2,644Adair11
  6. #2,644Agness11
  7. #2,644Aleatha11
  8. #2,831Aldean10
  9. #2,831Aldora10
  10. #2,831Alliene10

Tied with 186 names at #2,644; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 997 of them was named Lowell, which outranked 96.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lowell
  1. #147Ted1,067
  2. #148Homer1,055
  3. #149Dick1,053
  4. #150Lowell1,047
  5. #151Delbert1,038
  6. #152Wilbur1,016
  7. #153Allan1,008
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932