Howell
Howell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 491st, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192093 births
- Best rank
- #491in 1880
- Since 1880
- 3,911people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,911 boys have been named Howell in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 93 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 93 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Howell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | |
| 1890s | 97 | |
| 1900s | 102 | |
| 1910s | 500 | |
| 1920s | 730 | |
| 1930s | 607 | |
| 1940s | 556 | |
| 1950s | 540 | |
| 1960s | 290 | |
| 1970s | 138 | |
| 1980s | 78 | |
| 1990s | 46 | |
| 2000s | 45 | |
| 2010s | 36 | |
| 2020s | 53 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Howell was the 665th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Howell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Willispeak 1924
- Dudleypeak 1931
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Alfredpeak 1928
- Ernestpeak 1921
- Louispeak 1921
- Lewispeak 1921
- Harveypeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.