Howell — #7226 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Howell

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,911 babies named Howell between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Howell currently holds the #7226 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 93 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Howell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 730 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Howell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 493 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Howell in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Howell 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 3,911 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.