Howard

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Howard first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 7,713 babies (rank #27 that year). In 2024 it was given to 207 boys (rank #1,056). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
348,120
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
7,713
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880357#44
1881359#42
1882422#42
1883429#39
1884432#44
1885438#41
1886467#37
1887429#42
1888513#40
1889503#38
1890501#40
1891485#40
1892548#39
1893556#35
1894612#33
1895641#33
1896677#33
1897634#33
1898706#35
1899589#34
1900779#35
1901584#34
1902632#35
1903636#37
1904726#35
1905735#35
1906803#32
1907875#33
19081,078#28
19091,166#26
19101,309#27
19111,467#28
19123,212#25
19133,663#26
19144,490#26
19156,103#25
19166,171#25
19176,410#26
19186,928#26
19196,843#24
19207,466#24
19217,713#27
19227,296#26
19237,157#26
19247,372#26
19257,171#26
19266,836#27
19276,831#28
19286,496#31
19296,010#31
19306,342#31
19315,623#34
19325,292#36
19334,995#36
19345,068#37
19354,970#39
19364,874#40
19374,700#42
19385,018#42
19394,613#47
19404,824#45
19415,068#47
19425,570#49
19435,739#48
19445,025#53
19454,768#54
19465,694#55
19476,061#62
19485,497#63
19495,284#63
19505,165#63
19515,108#74
19525,244#73
19534,985#78
19544,933#80
19554,747#83
19564,706#84
19574,615#89
19584,364#95
19593,988#104
19603,824#108
19613,571#109
19623,275#114
19633,160#114
19643,061#116
19652,678#122
19662,545#120
19672,285#131
19682,156#133
19692,146#142
19701,996#156
19711,837#156
19721,492#168
19731,351#173
19741,208#186
19751,166#195
19761,032#208
19771,017#216
1978957#222
1979927#238
1980925#242
1981855#255
1982795#268
1983727#282
1984674#298
1985677#302
1986600#331
1987626#330
1988614#344
1989559#392
1990572#403
1991495#444
1992464#466
1993416#499
1994374#523
1995358#532
1996305#589
1997324#572
1998330#586
1999277#638
2000270#664
2001290#644
2002266#685
2003258#718
2004235#775
2005229#823
2006243#837
2007241#862
2008229#907
2009216#942
2010229#895
2011207#959
2012203#986
2013194#1,008
2014211#987
2015194#1,038
2016241#901
2017203#999
2018213#975
2019216#984
2020194#1,043
2021241#939
2022208#1,057
2023219#1,004
2024207#1,056