Fowler — #6204 US boys' name
268 babies named Fowler in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Fowler was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Fowler in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fowler
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Fowler between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fowler currently holds the #6204 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fowler performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Fowler shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fowler in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fowler in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 268 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fowler at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Fowler popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1922)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #6204 among boys.
268 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 16 births in a single year.
Fowler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 75 births that decade — 28% of Fowler's all-time total
Fowler decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Fowler's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Fowler by state
Where Fowler concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 268 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.