Howie — #5258 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Howie

The Social Security Administration has registered 766 babies named Howie between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Howie currently holds the #5258 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Howie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Howie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Howie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Howie 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 766 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.