Howell
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Howell is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Howell mean?
Welsh
A male given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Howell a girl's or a boy's name?
Howell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Howell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Howell, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 93 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Howell than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Howell in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Howell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,188 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,059 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,150 |
| 1956 | 56 | #998 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,083 |
| 1954 | 59 | #962 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 61 | #901 |
| 1950 | 74 | #790 |
| 1949 | 56 | #922 |
| 1948 | 51 | #971 |
| 1947 | 63 | #877 |
| 1946 | 57 | #869 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 48 | #918 |
| 1943 | 66 | #808 |
| 1942 | 47 | #970 |
| 1941 | 57 | #839 |
| 1940 | 61 | #792 |
| 1939 | 68 | #726 |
| 1938 | 56 | #825 |
| 1937 | 61 | #787 |
| 1936 | 67 | #736 |
| 1935 | 55 | #844 |
| 1934 | 67 | #749 |
| 1933 | 62 | #775 |
| 1932 | 61 | #816 |
| 1931 | 59 | #816 |
| 1930 | 51 | #944 |
| 1929 | 46 | #995 |
| 1928 | 61 | #846 |
| 1927 | 80 | #726 |
| 1926 | 73 | #749 |
| 1925 | 79 | #730 |
| 1924 | 78 | #752 |
| 1923 | 80 | #729 |
| 1922 | 65 | #850 |
| 1921 | 75 | #772 |
| 1920 | 93 | #660 |
| 1919 | 63 | #822 |
| 1918 | 66 | #805 |
| 1917 | 74 | #706 |
| 1916 | 69 | #724 |
| 1915 | 68 | #715 |
| 1914 | 56 | #678 |
| 1913 | 43 | #696 |
| 1912 | 28 | #835 |
| 1911 | 20 | #707 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 14 | #679 |
| 1899 | 13 | #548 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 12 | #547 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 |
Names like Howell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harvey, Henry, Russell, Arthur, William, Harry, Walter, Lewis, Archie, Frederick, Francis, Charlie
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Howell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/howell, updated 20 October 2026.