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Howell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #491 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #491 in 1880; #6,947 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Howell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,947 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #491.
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Howell: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #491 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 93 (1920).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Howell, making it the 6,947th most common boys’ name of the year, up 488 places from #7,435 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 11 boys named Howell in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #491, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 93, in 1920. For comparison, it was #9,946 in 2015 and #792 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Howell in 132 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 14 babies. In all, 3,923 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 730 babies named Howell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 76 US boys were named Howell; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 14. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #6,947 |
| 2024 | — | — | 11 | #7,435 |
| 2023 | — | — | 10 | #7,924 |
| 2022 | — | — | 9 | #8,567 |
| 2021 | — | — | 9 | #8,422 |
| 2020 | — | — | 14 | #6,090 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #11,286 |
| 2017 | — | — | 5 | #12,995 |
| 2015 | — | — | 7 | #9,946 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5 | #12,844 |
| 2012 | — | — | 7 | #10,105 |
| 2011 | — | — | 6 | #11,366 |
| 2008 | — | — | 7 | #10,282 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,323 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,127 |
| 2001 | — | — | 11 | #6,181 |
| 2000 | — | — | 9 | #7,042 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,565 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #9,560 |
| 1993 | — | — | 10 | #5,509 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #7,825 |
| 1991 | — | — | 6 | #7,636 |
| 1990 | — | — | 13 | #4,259 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,492 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,568 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #7,404 |
| 1986 | — | — | 5 | #7,136 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,384 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,190 |
| 1983 | — | — | 9 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,061 |
| 1981 | — | — | 10 | #3,961 |
| 1980 | — | — | 8 | #4,673 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,241 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #2,976 |
| 1977 | — | — | 6 | #5,401 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,579 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,136 |
| 1974 | — | — | 12 | #3,024 |
| 1973 | — | — | 13 | #2,774 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,585 |
| 1971 | — | — | 26 | #1,754 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,162 |
| 1969 | — | — | 19 | #1,935 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,754 |
| 1967 | — | — | 20 | #1,784 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1965 | — | — | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1964 | — | — | 42 | #1,192 |
| 1963 | — | — | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1962 | — | — | 36 | #1,300 |
| 1961 | — | — | 36 | #1,335 |
| 1960 | — | — | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1959 | — | — | 44 | #1,177 |
| 1958 | — | — | 52 | #1,064 |
| 1957 | — | — | 45 | #1,156 |
| 1956 | — | — | 56 | #1,002 |
| 1955 | — | — | 48 | #1,086 |
| 1954 | — | — | 59 | #964 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,114 |
| 1952 | — | — | 57 | #944 |
| 1951 | — | — | 61 | #907 |
| 1950 | — | — | 74 | #792 |
| 1949 | — | — | 56 | #928 |
| 1948 | — | — | 51 | #979 |
| 1947 | — | — | 63 | #883 |
| 1946 | — | — | 57 | #872 |
| 1945 | — | — | 50 | #906 |
| 1944 | — | — | 48 | #924 |
| 1943 | — | — | 66 | #810 |
| 1942 | — | — | 47 | #977 |
| 1941 | — | — | 57 | #842 |
| 1940 | — | — | 61 | #796 |
| 1939 | — | — | 68 | #728 |
| 1938 | — | — | 56 | #829 |
| 1937 | — | — | 61 | #790 |
| 1936 | — | — | 67 | #738 |
| 1935 | — | — | 55 | #846 |
| 1934 | — | — | 67 | #749 |
| 1933 | — | — | 62 | #777 |
| 1932 | — | — | 61 | #820 |
| 1931 | — | — | 59 | #820 |
| 1930 | — | — | 51 | #951 |
| 1929 | — | — | 46 | #1,000 |
| 1928 | — | — | 61 | #849 |
| 1927 | — | — | 80 | #728 |
| 1926 | — | — | 73 | #752 |
| 1925 | — | — | 79 | #734 |
| 1924 | — | — | 78 | #757 |
| 1923 | — | — | 80 | #731 |
| 1922 | — | — | 65 | #852 |
| 1921 | — | — | 75 | #776 |
| 1920 | — | — | 93 | #665 |
| 1919 | — | — | 63 | #825 |
| 1918 | — | — | 66 | #806 |
| 1917 | — | — | 74 | #708 |
| 1916 | — | — | 69 | #727 |
| 1915 | — | — | 68 | #719 |
| 1914 | — | — | 56 | #682 |
| 1913 | — | — | 43 | #701 |
| 1912 | — | — | 28 | #844 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #719 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #899 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #734 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,062 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #842 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #965 |
| 1905 | — | — | 14 | #649 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,133 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #959 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #823 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #705 |
| 1900 | — | — | 14 | #688 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #564 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #844 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #754 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #799 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #516 |
| 1894 | — | — | 13 | #578 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #767 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #668 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #616 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #749 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #865 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #654 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #724 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #734 |
| 1884 | — | — | 12 | #558 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #617 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #589 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #823 |
| 1880 | — | — | 14 | #491 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).