Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Howard

#100 most common boys' name of all time · #209 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#100
Rank overall
#209 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
348,342
Since 2016
2,168
Peak year
1921 #27
Best rank
#24 1919
Girls Boys peak 7,749/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Howard is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 226 226 #1,002
2024 — 207 207 #1,057
2023 — 219 219 #1,003
2022 — 208 208 #1,057
2021 — 241 241 #937
2020 — 194 194 #1,044
2019 — 216 216 #984
2018 — 213 213 #975
2017 — 203 203 #996
2016 — 241 241 #901
2015 — 194 194 #1,038
2014 — 211 211 #986
2013 — 194 194 #1,008
2012 — 203 203 #983
2011 — 207 207 #957
2010 — 229 229 #894
2009 — 216 216 #942
2008 — 229 229 #906
2007 — 241 241 #862
2006 — 243 243 #834
2005 — 229 229 #822
2004 — 235 235 #774
2003 — 258 258 #718
2002 — 266 266 #684
2001 — 290 290 #643
2000 — 270 270 #664
1999 — 277 277 #637
1998 — 330 330 #586
1997 — 324 324 #572
1996 — 305 305 #589
1995 — 358 358 #532
1994 — 374 374 #523
1993 — 416 416 #499
1992 — 464 464 #466
1991 — 495 495 #444
1990 — 572 572 #403
1989 — 559 559 #392
1988 — 614 614 #344
1987 6 626 632 #330
1986 6 600 606 #331
1985 6 677 683 #301
1984 9 674 683 #298
1983 — 727 727 #282
1982 13 795 808 #268
1981 6 855 861 #256
1980 10 925 935 #242
1979 7 926 933 #238
1978 8 956 964 #222
1977 13 1,017 1,030 #216
1976 12 1,032 1,044 #208
1975 15 1,166 1,181 #195
1974 8 1,208 1,216 #186
1973 17 1,349 1,366 #174
1972 14 1,493 1,507 #168
1971 10 1,837 1,847 #156
1970 18 1,996 2,014 #156
1969 15 2,146 2,161 #142
1968 15 2,156 2,171 #133
1967 12 2,284 2,296 #131
1966 13 2,546 2,559 #120
1965 15 2,678 2,693 #122
1964 11 3,059 3,070 #116
1963 13 3,160 3,173 #114
1962 12 3,277 3,289 #114
1961 20 3,570 3,590 #109
1960 14 3,827 3,841 #108
1959 12 3,987 3,999 #104
1958 15 4,364 4,379 #95
1957 15 4,614 4,629 #89
1956 17 4,707 4,724 #84
1955 22 4,746 4,768 #83
1954 17 4,933 4,950 #80
1953 23 4,985 5,008 #78
1952 13 5,244 5,257 #73
1951 11 5,108 5,119 #74
1950 12 5,164 5,176 #63
1949 10 5,284 5,294 #63
1948 9 5,497 5,506 #63
1947 21 6,061 6,082 #62
1946 8 5,694 5,702 #55
1945 23 4,768 4,791 #54
1944 16 5,025 5,041 #53
1943 21 5,739 5,760 #48
1942 20 5,571 5,591 #49
1941 14 5,067 5,081 #47
1940 10 4,824 4,834 #45
1939 31 4,613 4,644 #47
1938 16 5,018 5,034 #42
1937 22 4,700 4,722 #42
1936 31 4,874 4,905 #40
1935 19 4,970 4,989 #39
1934 22 5,068 5,090 #37
1933 32 4,995 5,027 #36
1932 33 5,292 5,325 #36
1931 33 5,624 5,657 #34
1930 54 6,341 6,395 #31
1929 46 6,010 6,056 #31
1928 56 6,496 6,552 #31
1927 42 6,831 6,873 #28
1926 50 6,836 6,886 #27
1925 48 7,173 7,221 #26
1924 46 7,371 7,417 #26
1923 36 7,156 7,192 #26
1922 41 7,296 7,337 #26
1921 36 7,713 7,749 #27
1920 44 7,466 7,510 #24
1919 28 6,843 6,871 #24
1918 38 6,928 6,966 #26
1917 34 6,410 6,444 #26
1916 30 6,171 6,201 #25
1915 27 6,103 6,130 #25
1914 25 4,490 4,515 #26
1913 20 3,663 3,683 #26
1912 19 3,212 3,231 #25
1911 6 1,467 1,473 #28
1910 — 1,309 1,309 #27
1909 9 1,166 1,175 #26
1908 5 1,078 1,083 #28
1907 — 875 875 #33
1906 6 803 809 #32
1905 11 735 746 #35
1904 6 726 732 #35
1903 — 636 636 #38
1902 — 632 632 #35
1901 5 584 589 #34
1900 5 779 784 #35
1899 5 589 594 #34
1898 6 706 712 #35
1897 — 634 634 #33
1896 — 677 677 #33
1895 — 641 641 #33
1894 — 612 612 #33
1893 — 556 556 #35
1892 — 548 548 #39
1891 5 485 490 #40
1890 8 501 509 #40
1889 — 503 503 #38
1888 8 513 521 #40
1887 5 429 434 #42
1886 — 467 467 #37
1885 — 438 438 #41
1884 — 432 432 #44
1883 — 429 429 #39
1882 — 422 422 #42
1881 — 359 359 #42
1880 — 357 357 #44