Howard Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Howard: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 346,666 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

346,666

Peak year

1921 #27

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+3.2%

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

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	207	#959
2012	203	#986
2013	194	#1009
2014	211	#987
2015	194	#1038
2016	241	#901
2017	203	#999
2018	213	#976
2019	216	#984
2020	194	#1044
2021	241	#939
2022	208	#1057
2023	219	#1005
2024	207	#1059
2025	226	#1004

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

Where {name} was most used in 1921

699

593

502

402

327

285

Names from the same era

George · 1921 Arthur · 1921 Albert · 1921 Ralph · 1921 Louis · 1921 Clarence · 1921 Ernest · 1921 Leonard · 1921 Earl · 1921 Warren · 1921

Names similar to Howard

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