The name Lowell is of English origin, and means young wolf.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lowell has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lowell
Use of the Name Lowell for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
39,350
7,954
717
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lowell has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lowell first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
Lowell last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1986, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lowell
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
958
5
1882
628
10
1883
703
8
1884
1885
677
9
1886
589
11
1887
660
9
1888
736
9
1889
424
19
1890
381
22
1891
545
12
1892
666
11
1893
491
15
1894
490
17
1895
353
28
1896
362
29
1897
380
25
1898
370
28
1899
256
43
1900
381
35
1901
389
24
1902
376
28
1903
298
40
1904
355
32
1905
267
55
1906
268
54
1907
293
53
1908
280
60
1909
302
58
1910
293
71
1911
252
104
1912
230
226
1913
207
320
1914
209
388
1915
201
536
1916
208
530
1917
205
550
1918
226
555
1919
204
610
1920
199
669
1921
198
691
1922
196
697
1923
194
716
1924
177
810
1925
200
702
1926
194
729
1927
193
754
1928
186
759
1929
193
700
1930
191
721
1931
148
1,092
1932
150
1,042
1933
160
886
1934
148
1,026
1935
152
991
1936
150
1,019
1937
155
978
1938
164
963
1939
166
925
1940
172
869
1941
178
857
1942
178
881
1943
199
807
1944
205
717
1945
224
602
1946
238
651
1947
254
672
1948
264
620
1949
257
629
1950
276
572
1951
286
563
1952
321
490
1953
319
487
1954
333
470
1955
340
472
1956
330
503
1957
360
446
1958
361
453
1959
367
458
1960
381
431
1961
401
388
1962
395
419
1963
427
358
1964
426
352
1965
430
323
1966
450
293
1967
458
272
1968
443
298
1969
503
237
1970
521
240
1971
555
212
1972
649
152
1973
638
155
1974
723
128
1975
726
131
1976
689
145
1977
765
124
1978
775
118
1979
762
129
1980
850
108
1981
880
102
1982
798
123
1983
930
90
1984
887
97
1985
897
102
1986
939
95
Totals:
39,350
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lowell as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Lowell appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 105 times during the last 125 years.