Lowell — #3682 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lowell

The Social Security Administration has registered 41,293 babies named Lowell between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lowell currently holds the #3682 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 1,090 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lowell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 9,659 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lowell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 3,301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Lowell in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lowell 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 41,293 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.