Howard
Boy · HOW-ard · English
Howard is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 1,002nd for boys in the US (226 babies).
What does Howard mean?
English: English surname of disputed origin
The Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, are among England's leading noble families; the surname's origin is disputed.
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Is Howard a girl's or a boy's name?
Howard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 226 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Howard in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Howard, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 47 boys.
Half of all the boys named Howard in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#95), 1914 (#95), 1924 (#93), 1944 (#64), 1954 (#68) and 1964 (#92).
Howard in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 22 | #842 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 34 | #596 |
| 1997 | 33 | #585 |
| 1996 | 47 | #451 |
How popular is Howard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,002among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 226about 1 in 7,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 226 boys in the US were named Howard, making it the 1,002nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,044th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 7,713 boys.
Half of all the boys named Howard in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Howard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | #1,002 |
| 2024 | 207 | #1,057 |
| 2023 | 219 | #1,003 |
| 2022 | 208 | #1,057 |
| 2021 | 241 | #937 |
| 2020 | 194 | #1,044 |
| 2019 | 216 | #984 |
| 2018 | 213 | #975 |
| 2017 | 203 | #996 |
| 2016 | 241 | #901 |
| 2015 | 194 | #1,038 |
| 2014 | 211 | #986 |
| 2013 | 194 | #1,008 |
| 2012 | 203 | #983 |
| 2011 | 207 | #957 |
| 2010 | 229 | #894 |
| 2009 | 216 | #942 |
| 2008 | 229 | #906 |
| 2007 | 241 | #861 |
| 2006 | 243 | #834 |
| 2005 | 229 | #822 |
| 2004 | 235 | #774 |
| 2003 | 258 | #718 |
| 2002 | 266 | #684 |
| 2001 | 290 | #643 |
| 2000 | 270 | #663 |
| 1999 | 277 | #636 |
| 1998 | 330 | #586 |
| 1997 | 324 | #572 |
| 1996 | 305 | #589 |
| 1995 | 358 | #532 |
| 1994 | 374 | #523 |
| 1993 | 416 | #499 |
| 1992 | 464 | #466 |
| 1991 | 495 | #444 |
| 1990 | 572 | #402 |
| 1989 | 559 | #392 |
| 1988 | 614 | #344 |
| 1987 | 626 | #330 |
| 1986 | 600 | #331 |
| 1985 | 677 | #301 |
| 1984 | 674 | #298 |
| 1983 | 727 | #282 |
| 1982 | 795 | #268 |
| 1981 | 855 | #255 |
| 1980 | 925 | #242 |
| 1979 | 926 | #238 |
| 1978 | 956 | #222 |
| 1977 | 1,017 | #216 |
| 1976 | 1,032 | #208 |
| 1975 | 1,166 | #195 |
| 1974 | 1,208 | #186 |
| 1973 | 1,349 | #174 |
| 1972 | 1,493 | #168 |
| 1971 | 1,837 | #156 |
| 1970 | 1,996 | #156 |
| 1969 | 2,146 | #142 |
| 1968 | 2,156 | #133 |
| 1967 | 2,284 | #131 |
| 1966 | 2,546 | #120 |
| 1965 | 2,678 | #122 |
| 1964 | 3,059 | #116 |
| 1963 | 3,160 | #114 |
| 1962 | 3,277 | #114 |
| 1961 | 3,570 | #109 |
| 1960 | 3,827 | #108 |
| 1959 | 3,987 | #104 |
| 1958 | 4,364 | #95 |
| 1957 | 4,614 | #89 |
| 1956 | 4,707 | #84 |
| 1955 | 4,746 | #83 |
| 1954 | 4,933 | #80 |
| 1953 | 4,985 | #77 |
| 1952 | 5,244 | #73 |
| 1951 | 5,108 | #74 |
| 1950 | 5,164 | #63 |
| 1949 | 5,284 | #63 |
| 1948 | 5,497 | #63 |
| 1947 | 6,061 | #62 |
| 1946 | 5,694 | #55 |
| 1945 | 4,768 | #54 |
| 1944 | 5,025 | #53 |
| 1943 | 5,739 | #48 |
| 1942 | 5,571 | #49 |
| 1941 | 5,067 | #47 |
| 1940 | 4,824 | #45 |
| 1939 | 4,613 | #47 |
| 1938 | 5,018 | #42 |
| 1937 | 4,700 | #42 |
| 1936 | 4,874 | #40 |
| 1935 | 4,970 | #39 |
| 1934 | 5,068 | #37 |
| 1933 | 4,995 | #36 |
| 1932 | 5,292 | #36 |
| 1931 | 5,624 | #34 |
| 1930 | 6,341 | #31 |
| 1929 | 6,010 | #31 |
| 1928 | 6,496 | #31 |
| 1927 | 6,831 | #28 |
| 1926 | 6,836 | #27 |
| 1925 | 7,173 | #26 |
| 1924 | 7,371 | #26 |
| 1923 | 7,156 | #26 |
| 1922 | 7,296 | #26 |
| 1921 | 7,713 | #27 |
| 1920 | 7,466 | #24 |
| 1919 | 6,843 | #24 |
| 1918 | 6,928 | #26 |
| 1917 | 6,410 | #26 |
| 1916 | 6,171 | #25 |
| 1915 | 6,103 | #25 |
| 1914 | 4,490 | #26 |
| 1913 | 3,663 | #26 |
| 1912 | 3,212 | #25 |
| 1911 | 1,467 | #28 |
| 1910 | 1,309 | #27 |
| 1909 | 1,166 | #26 |
| 1908 | 1,078 | #28 |
| 1907 | 875 | #33 |
| 1906 | 803 | #32 |
| 1905 | 735 | #35 |
| 1904 | 726 | #35 |
| 1903 | 636 | #37 |
| 1902 | 632 | #35 |
| 1901 | 584 | #34 |
| 1900 | 779 | #35 |
| 1899 | 589 | #34 |
| 1898 | 706 | #35 |
| 1897 | 634 | #33 |
| 1896 | 677 | #33 |
| 1895 | 641 | #33 |
| 1894 | 612 | #33 |
| 1893 | 556 | #35 |
| 1892 | 548 | #39 |
| 1891 | 485 | #40 |
| 1890 | 501 | #40 |
| 1889 | 503 | #38 |
| 1888 | 513 | #40 |
| 1887 | 429 | #42 |
| 1886 | 467 | #37 |
| 1885 | 438 | #41 |
| 1884 | 432 | #44 |
| 1883 | 429 | #39 |
| 1882 | 422 | #42 |
| 1881 | 359 | #41 |
| 1880 | 357 | #44 |
Nicknames for Howard
- Howie 6 boys in the UK in 2025
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