Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Powell

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1883Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

68.8%

2024

All-time

1,476

Powell has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 32 boys were named Powell.

In 2024, only 10 boys were given the name.

Down 68.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,476 Americans have been named Powell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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