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Howard Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Howard: every year it appeared on the national list since 1887, with 1,676 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
1,676
Peak year
1928 #999
Years on the list
89
10-year trend
-38.6%

In the 1920s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1887–1987

YearBirthsRank
197214#4162
197317#3687
19748#6455
197515#4222
197612#4990
197713#5030
19788#7189
19797#8343
198010#6459
19816#9507
198213#5324
19849#7002
19856#9736
19866#9977
19876#10323

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1928

PA
6
IL
5

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