Lowana — girls' name
120 babies named Lowana in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Lowana was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Lowana in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lowana
The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Lowana between 1928 and 1976, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lowana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lowana performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lowana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lowana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lowana 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 120 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.
Lowana at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lowana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1928
- Peak year (1958)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
120 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 12 births in a single year.
Lowana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 49 births that decade — 41% of Lowana's all-time total
Lowana decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Lowana's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Lowana by state
Where Lowana concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 5.8% |
7 of 120 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.8% 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, 1928–1976 (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.