Lowell

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lowell: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lowell: Recorded since 1984, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #318, and it stood at #3,451 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#318highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lowell's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1998	#1821
2003	#3467
2006	#2538
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#3865
2015	#3373
2016	#4023
2017	#2324
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2021	#3451

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1984–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3451 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Lowell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lowell in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	2 of 10	6
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lowell appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1984 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #318 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Lowell's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1984 and 2021, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #318, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
11 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,451position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lowan · #2036, 17y
Lowen · #414, 20y
Lowenna · #1065, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Izhaan · #318, 11y
Aobha · #317, 14y
Thady · #317, 18y
Esmond · #321, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Amiee · #318, 26y
Najma · #318, 33y
Stefano · #318, 33y
Alen · #317, 22y

Lowell was ranked #318 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lowell and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lowell without appearing here.

Lowell moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Lowell

Braxton Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #543.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1821 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1092.
Fredrik Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1821 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1248.

Moved the opposite way to Lowell

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 while Albie went from #853 to #32.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 while Alfred went from #218 to #80.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Lowell

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 and Aaron from #33 to #119.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 and Adam from #16 to #44.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 and Alan from #163 to #352.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lowell went from #2020 to #3451 and Alex from #43 to #122.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1984 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #318 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lowell

Lowell at a glance

What stands out in Lowell's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lowell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lowell at a glance

What stands out in Lowell's record

Lowell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lowell appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Lowell

Lowell and the names beside it

Lowell moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lowell

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