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How popular is “Lowell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lowell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lowell” 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 “Lowell” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lowell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lowell” 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
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 22 0.000072992 22 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 17 0.000050193 17 -100%
1895 28 0.000079768 28 -100%
1896 29 0.000081123 29 -100%
1897 25 0.000072055 25 -100%
1898 28 0.000073403 28 -100%
1899 43 0.000126756 43 -100%
1900 35 0.000077733 35 -100%
1901 24 0.000069402 24 -100%
1902 28 0.000072401 28 -100%
1903 40 0.000104932 40 -100%
1904 32 0.000079309 32 -100%
1905 55 0.000129741 55 -100%
1906 54 0.000126035 54 -100%
1907 53 0.000113883 53 -100%
1908 60 0.000122788 60 -100%
1909 65 0.000127146 7 58 -78%
1910 71 0.000120194 71 -100%
1911 104 0.000161421 104 -100%
1912 233 0.000235815 8 225 -93%
1913 329 0.00028933 7 322 -96%
1914 397 0.000280299 7 390 -96%
1915 547 0.000298511 11 536 -96%
1916 529 0.000273467 529 -100%
1917 567 0.000282546 16 551 -94%
1918 569 0.000262078 14 555 -95%
1919 619 0.000293331 11 608 -96%
1920 682 0.000301417 12 670 -96%
1921 704 0.000301563 14 690 -96%
1922 709 0.000309721 11 698 -97%
1923 718 0.000311838 8 710 -98%
1924 834 0.000350183 15 819 -96%
1925 720 0.000308576 11 709 -97%
1926 741 0.000322749 16 725 -96%
1927 767 0.000330695 10 757 -97%
1928 768 0.000339682 10 758 -97%
1929 712 0.000324794 12 700 -97%
1930 721 0.000324294 721 -100%
1931 1100 0.000522717 10 1090 -98%
1932 1058 0.000501115 11 1047 -98%
1933 889 0.000444623 9 880 -98%
1934 1042 0.00050173 9 1033 -98%
1935 1002 0.000479449 8 994 -98%
1936 1029 0.000495288 7 1022 -99%
1937 989 0.000464173 7 982 -99%
1938 966 0.000436596 966 -100%
1939 930 0.000422067 6 924 -99%
1940 876 0.000380425 6 870 -99%
1941 871 0.000357491 6 865 -99%
1942 889 0.000325424 5 884 -99%
1943 807 0.000285911 807 -100%
1944 720 0.00026765 720 -100%
1945 610 0.000229936 7 603 -98%
1946 657 0.000205614 7 650 -98%
1947 676 0.000187657 6 670 -98%
1948 628 0.000181896 5 623 -98%
1949 640 0.000183656 5 635 -98%
1950 572 0.000163272 572 -100%
1951 566 0.000153648 566 -100%
1952 488 0.000128489 488 -100%
1953 496 0.000128709 5 491 -98%
1954 471 0.000118321 471 -100%
1955 475 0.000118304 5 470 -98%
1956 507 0.000122968 507 -100%
1957 456 0.000108516 7 449 -97%
1958 449 0.000108614 449 -100%
1959 459 0.00011039 6 453 -97%
1960 431 0.00010376 431 -100%
1961 392 0.000094633 392 -100%
1962 419 0.000103832 419 -100%
1963 358 0.000090445 358 -100%
1964 353 0.000090801 353 -100%
1965 323 0.000089092 323 -100%
1966 292 0.000084013 292 -100%
1967 272 0.00008012 272 -100%
1968 299 0.000088503 299 -100%
1969 234 0.000067332 234 -100%
1970 238 0.000065992 238 -100%
1971 212 0.000061765 212 -100%
1972 152 0.000048362 152 -100%
1973 155 0.000051377 155 -100%
1974 128 0.000042105 128 -100%
1975 130 0.000043055 130 -100%
1976 145 0.000047787 145 -100%
1977 124 0.000039037 124 -100%
1978 118 0.000037179 118 -100%
1979 131 0.000039375 131 -100%
1980 108 0.000031354 108 -100%
1981 107 0.00003093 5 102 -91%
1982 123 0.000035063 123 -100%
1983 90 0.000025986 90 -100%
1984 97 0.000027804 97 -100%
1985 102 0.000028579 102 -100%
1986 100 0.000028113 5 95 -90%
1987 83 0.00002302 83 -100%
1988 92 0.000024898 92 -100%
1989 96 0.000024971 96 -100%
1990 100 0.000025301 100 -100%
1991 86 0.000022078 86 -100%
1992 81 0.000021087 81 -100%
1993 70 0.000018566 70 -100%
1994 50 0.000013449 50 -100%
1995 65 0.000017749 65 -100%
1996 59 0.000016177 59 -100%
1997 50 0.00001379 50 -100%
1998 49 0.000013322 49 -100%
1999 59 0.000015972 59 -100%
2000 55 0.000014551 55 -100%
2001 30 0.000008014 30 -100%
2002 33 0.000008828 33 -100%
2003 38 0.000009994 38 -100%
2004 32 0.000008375 32 -100%
2005 37 0.000009623 37 -100%
2006 38 0.000009605 38 -100%
2007 39 0.000009756 39 -100%
2008 40 0.000010176 40 -100%
2009 40 0.000010471 40 -100%
2010 28 0.000007576 28 -100%
2011 29 0.000007928 29 -100%
2012 46 0.000012577 46 -100%
2013 38 0.000010423 38 -100%
2014 38 0.000010253 38 -100%
2015 46 0.000012429 46 -100%
2016 42 0.000011448 42 -100%
2017 37 0.000010346 37 -100%
2018 43 0.00001223 43 -100%
2019 42 0.0000121 42 -100%
2020 38 0.000011375 38 -100%
2021 48 0.000014168 5 43 -79%
2022 39 0.000011528 39 -100%
2023 31 0.000009362 31 -100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 -100%

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