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.

Howe

#23,289 most common boys' name of all time · #61,459 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1921

Rank among boys
#23,289
Rank overall
#61,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
5 of 146
All-time
28
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #3,335
Best rank
#2,803 1912
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1920

Howe first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1921 — 8 8 #3,335
1919 — 5 5 #4,346
1918 — 5 5 #4,333
1917 — 5 5 #4,153
1912 — 5 5 #2,803