Howie Popularity by Year

Follow Howie across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Howie birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Complete year-by-year record

YearCategoryBirthsRankChange from previous recorded year
2025Boys21#4,707Up 360 places
2024Boys19#5,067Up 188 places
2023Boys18#5,255Down 236 places
2022Boys19#5,019Up 1,013 places
2021Boys14#6,032Up 588 places
2020Boys12#6,620Down 807 places
2019Boys15#5,813Up 1,804 places
2018Boys10#7,617Down 1,557 places
2017Boys14#6,060Up 1,097 places
2016Boys11#7,157Up 883 places
2015Boys9#8,040Down 478 places
2014Boys10#7,562Down 1,903 places
2013Boys15#5,659Up 967 places
2012Boys12#6,626Up 5,661 places
2011Boys5#12,287Down 4,148 places
2010Boys9#8,139Up 171 places
2009Boys9#8,310Down 2,543 places
2008Boys15#5,767Down 333 places
2007Boys16#5,434Up 3,298 places
2006Boys8#8,732Down 901 places
2003Boys8#7,831Down 1,309 places
2002Boys10#6,522Down 1,132 places
2001Boys13#5,390Up 198 places
2000Boys12#5,588Down 1,247 places
1999Boys16#4,341Up 3,219 places
1998Boys7#7,560Down 1,153 places
1995Boys8#6,407Up 112 places
1991Boys7#6,519Up 659 places
1990Boys6#7,178Up 92 places
1988Boys5#7,270Down 1,181 places
1987Boys6#6,089Up 632 places
1986Boys5#6,721Down 1,574 places
1985Boys7#5,147Up 80 places
1974Boys5#5,227Down 126 places
1973Boys5#5,101Down 1,949 places
1972Boys10#3,152Down 786 places
1971Boys16#2,366Up 705 places
1970Boys10#3,071Down 9 places
1969Boys9#3,062Up 1,074 places
1968Boys5#4,136Down 577 places
1967Boys6#3,559Down 1,094 places
1966Boys11#2,465Down 547 places
1965Boys17#1,918Down 189 places
1964Boys21#1,729Up 63 places
1963Boys20#1,792Down 35 places
1962Boys21#1,757Up 119 places
1961Boys19#1,876Down 442 places
1960Boys31#1,434Up 5 places
1959Boys30#1,439Up 72 places
1958Boys27#1,511Down 147 places
1957Boys33#1,364Up 997 places
1956Boys12#2,361Down 382 places
1955Boys16#1,979Up 470 places
1954Boys11#2,449Down 491 places
1953Boys16#1,958Up 1,137 places
1952Boys7#3,095Down 849 places
1951Boys12#2,246Up 1,083 places
1950Boys6#3,329Down 721 places
1948Boys9#2,608Up 488 places
1947Boys7#3,096Down 406 places
1946Boys8#2,690Up 53 places
1945Boys7#2,743Down 338 places
1943Boys10#2,405