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.

Lowry*

#7,253 most common boys' name of all time · #18,224 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1900–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#7,253
Rank overall
#18,224 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
505
Since 2016
32
Peak year
1945 #1,740
Best rank
#1,158 1900
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lowry first appears in 1900. 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 — 6 6 #10,747
2023 7 — 7 —
2022 5 — 5 —
2021 — 7 7 #9,760
2016 — 7 7 #9,714
2015 5 — 5 —
2013 5 — 5 —
2009 — 5 5 #12,584
1975 — 7 7 #4,388
1970 — 5 5 #4,839
1969 — 5 5 #4,501
1968 — 7 7 #3,427
1964 — 7 7 #3,370
1963 — 5 5 #4,156
1962 5 11 16 #2,564
1961 — 5 5 #4,183
1960 — 12 12 #2,464
1957 — 9 9 #2,889
1956 — 5 5 #4,037
1955 — 13 13 #2,247
1954 — 7 7 #3,253
1952 — 8 8 #2,952
1951 — 9 9 #2,722
1950 — 11 11 #2,362
1949 — 15 15 #1,984
1948 — 9 9 #2,665
1947 — 15 15 #2,016
1946 — 9 9 #2,593
1945 — 16 16 #1,740
1944 — 10 10 #2,370
1943 — 14 14 #2,030
1942 — 8 8 #2,797
1941 — 9 9 #2,556
1940 — 13 13 #2,028
1939 — 6 6 #3,219
1938 — 10 10 #2,388
1937 — 10 10 #2,383
1936 — 10 10 #2,365
1935 — 9 9 #2,607
1934 — 5 5 #3,778
1933 — 6 6 #3,370
1932 — 7 7 #3,176
1931 — 7 7 #3,163
1930 — 11 11 #2,514
1929 — 9 9 #2,859
1928 — 8 8 #3,156
1927 — 6 6 #3,867
1926 — 15 15 #2,117
1925 — 5 5 #4,316
1924 — 9 9 #3,079
1923 — 8 8 #3,252
1922 — 7 7 #3,607
1921 — 6 6 #3,951
1920 — 10 10 #2,830
1919 — 5 5 #4,275
1917 — 7 7 #3,284
1916 — 6 6 #3,601
1915 — 6 6 #3,483
1913 — 9 9 #2,025
1912 — 5 5 #2,647
1900 — 7 7 #1,158