Lowen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOH-en
- Origin
- Cornish
- UK rank, 2025
- #391 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,631 for girls
Lowen is a boys' name of Cornish origin, meaning “happy, joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 391st for boys in the UK (120 babies) and 1,631st for girls in the US (127 babies).
What does Lowen mean?
Cornish
“happy, joyful”
From the Cornish word lowen, happy; it is a modern coinage rather than a traditional name.
Is Lowen a girl's or a boy's name?
Lowen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 120 boys in the UK and 127 girls and 84 boys in the US.
How popular is Lowen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #391among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 120about 1 in 2,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 120 boys in the UK were named Lowen, making it the 391st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 617th. 13 girls were also named Lowen in 2025 (2,206th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Lowen of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Lowen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 132 boys in the UK were given Lowen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #369, up from #391 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 27% of the babies named Lowen in the UK in 2009, and 10% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 363rd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Lowen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #391 |
| 2024 | 102 | #438 |
| 2023 | 90 | #490 |
| 2022 | 91 | #490 |
| 2021 | 86 | #518 |
| 2020 | 65 | #617 |
| 2019 | 62 | #644 |
| 2018 | 48 | #767 |
| 2017 | 50 | #755 |
| 2016 | 47 | #779 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Lowen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,631among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 127about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 398% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 127 girls in the US were named Lowen, making it the 1,631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. It first appears in the records in 2015. 84 boys were also named Lowen in 2025 (1,867th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Lowen of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Lowen in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2016, 30% of the babies named Lowen in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 60%, with more girls than boys since 2022.
Lowen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,631 |
| 2024 | 95 | #2,040 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,020 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
Names like Lowen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lochlan Rowan Kayden Cillian Eden Hudson Jenson Beauden Albie Finn Jaxon Bowen
Other spellings of Lowen
Lowan Loen
Names related to Lowen
More Cornish names
Elowyn Elowen Jennifer Jenna Denzel Merryn Lowenna Sennen Elowynn Morwenna Demelza Jennah Senara Merrin Jena Zennor
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, “Lowen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lowen, updated 20 October 2026.