first name
LOWELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,468 people named Lowell, 88.3% reported their origin as White, 5.7% as Black and 2.2% as two or more races. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lowell peaked in 1931, when 1,100 babies got the name.
At least 41,677 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lowell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #345. The largest share of babies named Lowell, 38.3%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lowell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lowell has been most common in South Dakota (5.3×), North Dakota (4.7×), and Iowa (3.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.06×).
36,146 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lowell
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lowell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lowell ranks #5,385 of 156,621, with 6,252 people. See Lowell as a last name
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