Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Howard

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Howard
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.3% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

7,713

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

97.3%

2024

207

All-time

346,444

Howard once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 7,713 boys were named Howard.

In 2024, only 207 boys were given the name.

Down 97.3% from its peak.

All told, about 346,444 Americans have been named Howard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.3% from peak

19217,713 boys named Howard

2024207 boys named Howard

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