Howie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HOW-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Howie is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Howie mean?
English: pet form of Howard, an English surname of uncertain origin
A pet form of Howard, the surname of the aristocratic English family who hold the title Duke of Norfolk.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Howie a girl's or a boy's name?
Howie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Howie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Howie, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 17 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Howie than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Howie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Howie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
How popular is Howie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Howie, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had more boys named Howie than any year since 1964.
Half of all the boys named Howie in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Howie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
Names like Howie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Howie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/howie, updated 20 October 2026.