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.

Lowell

#561 most common boys' name of all time · #1,237 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#561
Rank overall
#1,237 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
41,677
Since 2016
386
Peak year
1931 #147
Best rank
#147 1931
Girls Boys peak 1,100/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lowell first appears in 1881. 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
2025 — 36 36 #3,241
2024 — 30 30 #3,696
2023 — 31 31 #3,632
2022 — 39 39 #3,106
2021 5 43 48 #2,863
2020 — 38 38 #3,031
2019 — 42 42 #2,900
2018 — 43 43 #2,799
2017 — 37 37 #3,130
2016 — 42 42 #2,841
2015 — 46 46 #2,642
2014 — 38 38 #2,987
2013 — 38 38 #2,960
2012 — 46 46 #2,637
2011 — 29 29 #3,608
2010 — 28 28 #3,717
2009 — 40 40 #2,949
2008 — 40 40 #2,948
2007 — 39 39 #2,976
2006 — 38 38 #2,937
2005 — 37 37 #2,849
2004 — 32 32 #3,078
2003 — 38 38 #2,626
2002 — 33 33 #2,824
2001 — 30 30 #2,994
2000 — 55 55 #1,900
1999 — 59 59 #1,736
1998 — 49 49 #1,964
1997 — 50 50 #1,861
1996 — 59 59 #1,639
1995 — 65 65 #1,482
1994 — 50 50 #1,756
1993 — 70 70 #1,381
1992 — 81 81 #1,255
1991 — 86 86 #1,197
1990 — 100 100 #1,059
1989 — 96 96 #1,067
1988 — 92 92 #1,027
1987 — 83 83 #1,051
1986 5 95 100 #938
1985 — 102 102 #897
1984 — 97 97 #885
1983 — 90 90 #932
1982 — 123 123 #801
1981 5 102 107 #883
1980 — 108 108 #851
1979 — 130 130 #763
1978 — 118 118 #774
1977 — 124 124 #764
1976 — 145 145 #690
1975 — 130 130 #726
1974 — 128 128 #724
1973 — 155 155 #640
1972 — 152 152 #647
1971 — 212 212 #555
1970 — 238 238 #524
1969 — 234 234 #509
1968 — 299 299 #442
1967 — 272 272 #459
1966 — 292 292 #450
1965 — 323 323 #431
1964 — 353 353 #427
1963 — 358 358 #426
1962 — 419 419 #396
1961 — 393 393 #400
1960 — 431 431 #380
1959 6 453 459 #369
1958 — 449 449 #365
1957 7 449 456 #359
1956 — 507 507 #329
1955 5 470 475 #340
1954 — 471 471 #333
1953 5 491 496 #318
1952 — 488 488 #321
1951 — 566 566 #287
1950 — 572 572 #276
1949 — 636 636 #255
1948 5 623 628 #260
1947 6 670 676 #256
1946 7 650 657 #239
1945 7 603 610 #224
1944 — 720 720 #205
1943 — 806 806 #200
1942 5 885 890 #178
1941 6 865 871 #176
1940 6 870 876 #172
1939 6 924 930 #166
1938 — 966 966 #164
1937 7 982 989 #155
1936 7 1,022 1,029 #150
1935 8 994 1,002 #152
1934 9 1,033 1,042 #148
1933 9 880 889 #161
1932 11 1,047 1,058 #150
1931 10 1,090 1,100 #147
1930 — 721 721 #191
1929 12 700 712 #193
1928 10 758 768 #188
1927 10 757 767 #193
1926 16 725 741 #195
1925 11 709 720 #196
1924 15 819 834 #175
1923 8 710 718 #194
1922 11 698 709 #197
1921 14 690 704 #199
1920 12 670 682 #198
1919 11 608 619 #204
1918 14 555 569 #225
1917 16 551 567 #205
1916 — 529 529 #208
1915 11 536 547 #201
1914 7 390 397 #209
1913 7 322 329 #207
1912 8 225 233 #231
1911 — 104 104 #253
1910 — 71 71 #295
1909 7 58 65 #301
1908 — 60 60 #280
1907 — 53 53 #293
1906 — 54 54 #269
1905 — 55 55 #267
1904 — 32 32 #359
1903 — 40 40 #299
1902 — 28 28 #379
1901 — 24 24 #393
1900 — 35 35 #381
1899 — 43 43 #256
1898 — 28 28 #374
1897 — 25 25 #382
1896 — 29 29 #362
1895 — 28 28 #356
1894 — 17 17 #499
1893 — 15 15 #506
1892 — 11 11 #680
1891 — 12 12 #560
1890 — 22 22 #388
1889 — 19 19 #433
1888 — 9 9 #743
1887 — 9 9 #673
1886 — 11 11 #603
1885 — 9 9 #693
1883 — 8 8 #712
1882 — 10 10 #649
1881 — 5 5 #972