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How popular is “Howell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Howell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Howell” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Howell” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Howell” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Howell” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Howell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Howell” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 14 0.000069484 14 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 -100%
1900 14 0.000031093 14 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 20 0.000031043 20 -100%
1912 28 0.000028338 28 -100%
1913 43 0.000037815 43 -100%
1914 56 0.000039538 56 -100%
1915 68 0.000037109 68 -100%
1916 69 0.00003567 69 -100%
1917 74 0.000036876 74 -100%
1918 66 0.000030399 66 -100%
1919 63 0.000029854 63 -100%
1920 93 0.000041102 93 -100%
1921 75 0.000032127 75 -100%
1922 65 0.000028395 65 -100%
1923 80 0.000034745 80 -100%
1924 78 0.000032751 78 -100%
1925 79 0.000033858 79 -100%
1926 73 0.000031796 73 -100%
1927 80 0.000034492 80 -100%
1928 61 0.00002698 61 -100%
1929 46 0.000020984 46 -100%
1930 51 0.000022939 51 -100%
1931 59 0.000028037 59 -100%
1932 61 0.000028892 61 -100%
1933 62 0.000031009 62 -100%
1934 67 0.000032261 67 -100%
1935 55 0.000026317 55 -100%
1936 67 0.000032249 67 -100%
1937 61 0.000028629 61 -100%
1938 56 0.00002531 56 -100%
1939 68 0.000030861 68 -100%
1940 61 0.000026491 61 -100%
1941 57 0.000023395 57 -100%
1942 47 0.000017205 47 -100%
1943 66 0.000023383 66 -100%
1944 48 0.000017843 48 -100%
1945 50 0.000018847 50 -100%
1946 57 0.000017839 57 -100%
1947 63 0.000017489 63 -100%
1948 51 0.000014772 51 -100%
1949 56 0.00001607 56 -100%
1950 74 0.000021123 74 -100%
1951 61 0.000016559 61 -100%
1952 57 0.000015008 57 -100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 -100%
1954 59 0.000014821 59 -100%
1955 48 0.000011955 48 -100%
1956 56 0.000013582 56 -100%
1957 45 0.000010709 45 -100%
1958 52 0.000012579 52 -100%
1959 44 0.000010582 44 -100%
1960 33 0.000007945 33 -100%
1961 36 0.000008691 36 -100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 42 0.000010804 42 -100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 -100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 -100%

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