Lowell
Lowell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 30 births. Its best rank was 147th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 300.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19311,090 births
- Best rank
- #147in 1931
- Since 1881
- 41,293people given the name
The story in the numbers
41,293 boys have been named Lowell in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1931, with 1,090 births — 0.10% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 30 births in 2024, against 1,090 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1930s alone account for 23%. It has spent 105 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lowell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 80 | |
| 1890s | 230 | |
| 1900s | 439 | |
| 1910s | 3,891 | |
| 1920s | 7,236 | |
| 1930s | 9,659 | |
| 1940s | 7,327 | |
| 1950s | 4,916 | |
| 1960s | 3,373 | |
| 1970s | 1,533 | |
| 1980s | 988 | |
| 1990s | 669 | |
| 2000s | 382 | |
| 2010s | 389 | |
| 2020s | 181 |
In 1931, its biggest year
Lowell was the 147th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1931 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1931.
Names that rose and fell with Lowell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Normanpeak 1928
- Carrolpeak 1930
- Doylepeak 1931
- Gordonpeak 1952
- Marvinpeak 1928
- Winfordpeak 1928
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Boycepeak 1934
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.