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.

Howell

#2,080 most common boys' name of all time · #4,966 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#2,080
Rank overall
#4,966 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
3,923
Since 2016
76
Peak year
1920 #661
Best rank
#492 1880
Girls Boys peak 93/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Howell 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 — 12 12 #6,810
2024 — 11 11 #7,264
2023 — 10 10 #7,743
2022 — 9 9 #8,309
2021 — 9 9 #8,175
2020 — 14 14 #5,985
2019 — 6 6 #10,813
2017 — 5 5 #12,265
2015 — 7 7 #9,581
2013 — 5 5 #12,153
2012 — 7 7 #9,719
2011 — 6 6 #10,824
2008 — 7 7 #9,891
2005 — 10 10 #7,110
2003 — 8 8 #7,843
2001 — 11 11 #6,026
2000 — 9 9 #6,851
1997 — 6 6 #8,126
1996 — 5 5 #9,030
1993 — 10 10 #5,369
1992 — 6 6 #7,439
1991 — 6 6 #7,286
1990 — 13 13 #4,175
1989 — 7 7 #6,243
1988 — 10 10 #4,459
1987 — 5 5 #6,979
1986 — 5 5 #6,753
1985 — 7 7 #5,164
1984 — 7 7 #4,989
1983 — 9 9 #4,153
1982 — 10 10 #3,973
1981 — 10 10 #3,870
1980 — 8 8 #4,510
1979 — 13 13 #3,177
1978 — 14 14 #2,937
1977 — 6 6 #5,138
1976 — 10 10 #3,480
1975 — 12 12 #3,084
1974 — 12 12 #2,958
1973 — 13 13 #2,726
1972 — 14 14 #2,543
1971 — 26 26 #1,746
1970 — 18 18 #2,132
1969 — 19 19 #1,919
1968 — 21 21 #1,733
1967 — 20 20 #1,763
1966 — 31 31 #1,376
1965 — 26 26 #1,519
1964 — 42 42 #1,190
1963 — 26 26 #1,551
1962 — 36 36 #1,297
1961 — 36 36 #1,324
1960 — 33 33 #1,384
1959 — 44 44 #1,173
1958 — 52 52 #1,060
1957 — 45 45 #1,153
1956 — 56 56 #999
1955 — 48 48 #1,086
1954 — 59 59 #964
1953 — 44 44 #1,104
1952 — 57 57 #942
1951 — 61 61 #904
1950 — 74 74 #792
1949 — 56 56 #925
1948 — 51 51 #973
1947 — 63 63 #880
1946 — 57 57 #870
1945 — 50 50 #901
1944 — 48 48 #919
1943 — 66 66 #811
1942 — 47 47 #973
1941 — 57 57 #841
1940 — 61 61 #795
1939 — 68 68 #726
1938 — 56 56 #825
1937 — 61 61 #788
1936 — 67 67 #738
1935 — 55 55 #844
1934 — 67 67 #749
1933 — 62 62 #777
1932 — 61 61 #817
1931 — 59 59 #819
1930 — 51 51 #949
1929 — 46 46 #998
1928 — 61 61 #848
1927 — 80 80 #729
1926 — 73 73 #755
1925 — 79 79 #732
1924 — 78 78 #754
1923 — 80 80 #730
1922 — 65 65 #850
1921 — 75 75 #774
1920 — 93 93 #661
1919 — 63 63 #824
1918 — 66 66 #806
1917 — 74 74 #706
1916 — 69 69 #725
1915 — 68 68 #718
1914 — 56 56 #683
1913 — 43 43 #701
1912 — 28 28 #841
1911 — 20 20 #715
1910 — 13 13 #880
1909 — 15 15 #725
1908 — 8 8 #1,042
1907 — 11 11 #835
1906 — 8 8 #947
1905 — 14 14 #645
1904 — 6 6 #1,091
1903 — 7 7 #929
1902 — 9 9 #811
1901 — 10 10 #700
1900 — 14 14 #686
1899 — 13 13 #564
1898 — 8 8 #824
1897 — 9 9 #742
1896 — 9 9 #786
1895 — 16 16 #513
1894 — 13 13 #577
1892 — 9 9 #755
1891 — 9 9 #655
1890 — 11 11 #613
1889 — 8 8 #739
1888 — 7 7 #829
1887 — 9 9 #643
1886 — 8 8 #712
1885 — 8 8 #714
1884 — 12 12 #554
1883 — 10 10 #607
1882 — 11 11 #580
1881 — 6 6 #793
1880 — 14 14 #492