Boys' name · since 2019
Howl
Howl has 54 recorded births since 2019 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
54 boys have been named Howl since 2019, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Howl recorded 54 times among boys since 2019, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2024.
- #21,643 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 54 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Howl ranks #21,643 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Howl's 54 recorded births place it above 52.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Howl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Howl splits its recorded history at 2022: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Howl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Howl by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 91% of the file).
2020s was Howl's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Howl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (91% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Howl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2019–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Howl draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.