Nowell Popularity by Year
Follow Nowell across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Nowell birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 194 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 5 | #12,136 | Down 2,443 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 7 | #9,693 | Up 2,860 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 1,197 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 5 | #11,356 | Down 462 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 4,449 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 10 | #6,445 | Up 2,423 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 3,772 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 10 | #5,096 | Up 2,809 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 1,382 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 5 | #6,523 | Down 962 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | Up 701 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 206 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 1,747 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 7 | #4,309 | Up 918 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 1,264 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Down 1,102 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 10 | #2,861 | Up 1,105 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Down 980 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 8 | #2,986 | Up 944 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Up 109 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 5 | #4,039 | Down 1 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 45 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 5 | #3,993 | Down 629 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 6 | #3,364 | Down 35 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Up 101 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 5 | #3,430 | Up 780 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 5 | #4,210 | — |