Unisex name · since 1918
Lowen
707 babies named Lowen in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,873 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 707
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lowen is the #1873 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 707 recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Lowen recorded 707 times among boys since 1918, holding rank #1873 nationally today, ahead of 87% of boys, 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 1918 to 2025.
- #6,403 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,873 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 707 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lowen ranks #6,403 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,873 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 707 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,873 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 707
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lowen's 707 recorded births place it above 85.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lowen compares
707 Top 37% higher than 63% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lowen's all-time total is 92% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lowen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 707 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 84 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lowen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lowen's full recorded timeline at 2008, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1939, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 84 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lowen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 84
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Lowen popularity over time - girls
520 total births recorded since 2015 (Lowen as girls' name)
Lowen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (353 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Lowen's strongest decade.
353 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Lowen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s 59
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
223 births
- 2020s
2020s
353 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 353 births (50% of all-time use).
How Lowen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Lowen's total volume
Lowen by state
Where Lowen concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 13 | 1.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Washington | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
29 of 707 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Lowen's data
- California records the most Lowens (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lowen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Lowen 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.