Howie
#5,537 most common boys' name of all time · #13,787 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1943–2025
Rank among boys
#5,537
Rank overall
#13,787 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
788
Since 2016
153
Peak year
1957 #1,386
Best rank
#1,386 1957
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Howie first appears in 1943. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 2024 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,106 |
| 2023 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,289 |
| 2022 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,059 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,100 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,701 |
| 2019 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,864 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,723 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,116 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,233 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,674 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,711 |
| 2012 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,700 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,556 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,265 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,430 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,832 |
| 2007 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,492 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,879 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,014 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,636 |
| 2001 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,452 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,669 |
| 1999 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,390 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,767 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,551 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,721 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,407 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,586 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,366 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,083 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,379 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,539 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,443 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,262 |
| 1971 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,428 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,213 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,231 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,515 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,837 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,599 |
| 1965 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,977 |
| 1964 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,780 |
| 1963 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,833 |
| 1962 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,797 |
| 1961 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1960 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,459 |
| 1959 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1958 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,533 |
| 1957 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,386 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,486 |
| 1955 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,574 |
| 1953 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,336 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,641 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,782 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,358 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,913 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,986 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,562 |