Powell
Boy · POW-el · Welsh
Powell is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “son of Hywel”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Powell mean?
Welsh: from Welsh ap Hywel
“son of Hywel”
From Welsh ap Hywel; Hywel Dda, a 10th-century king, is traditionally credited with codifying Welsh law.
- Say it
- POW-el
Is Powell a girl's or a boy's name?
Powell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Powell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Powell, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Powell than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Powell in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Powell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,425 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,476 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,602 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,247 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,388 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,049 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
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