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.

Lowen**

#4,242 most common boys' name of all time · #10,380 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1918–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,242
Rank overall
#10,380 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
1,227
Since 2016
996
Peak year
2025 #1,873
Best rank
#1,873 2025
Girls Boys peak 211/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lowen first appears in 1918. 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 127 84 211 #1,873
2024 95 79 174 #1,973
2023 97 62 159 #2,281
2022 53 52 105 #2,595
2021 34 51 85 #2,558
2020 27 25 52 #4,040
2019 18 32 50 #3,506
2018 19 26 45 #4,013
2017 27 42 69 #2,854
2016 14 32 46 #3,461
2015 9 18 27 #5,105
2014 15 15 #5,779
2013 18 18 #5,009
2012 17 17 #5,303
2011 16 16 #5,462
2010 7 7 #9,822
2009 10 10 #7,786
2008 9 9 #8,410
2007 11 11 #7,174
2006 8 8 #8,835
2005 9 9 #7,755
2004 5 5 #11,550
2001 7 7 #8,470
1995 5 5 #9,072
1993 6 6 #7,825
1992 5 5 #8,655
1991 6 6 #7,452
1990 5 5 #8,377
1988 7 7 #5,914
1985 7 7 #5,321
1984 5 5 #6,540
1983 5 5 #6,487
1981 5 5 #6,518
1979 5 5 #6,331
1939 5 5 #3,838
1918 6 6 #4,143