Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Lowell

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Beloved
Young wolf

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Animal
  • Exotic
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Lowell

Pronunciation

lo-well, lowe-ll

Famous People

Actor Lowell Sherman

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1931 (rank #148, 1,089 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3240, 36 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1926 (rank #2257, 16 births); most recent 2021 (rank #15244, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202536–
202430–
202331–
202239–
2021435
202038–
201942–
201843–
201737–
201642–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #2325, 9 births); most recent 2021 (rank #3448, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
20193
20184
20179
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #2746, 8 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20223
2021–
20203
20194
20185
20175
20164
20155
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1984 (rank #318, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence