Lowell
Lowell is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973), of the Ackroyd Baronetcy of Dewsbury and Lord Mayor of London (1955–56) Godfrey Lowell Cabot (1861–1962), businessman and philanthropist Julian Lowell Coolidge (1873–1954), mathematician Abbott Lowell Cummings (1923–2017), noted Yale architectural historian Lowell Bergman,…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lowell
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lowell is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973), of the Ackroyd Baronetcy of Dewsbury and Lord Mayor of London (1955–56) Godfrey Lowell Cabot (1861–1962), businessman and philanthropist Julian Lowell Coolidge (1873–1954), mathematician Abbott Lowell Cummings (1923–2017), noted Yale architectural historian Lowell Bergman,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lowell
Lowell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1881, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1931: 1,090 births, good for #147 nationwide. About 23% of every Lowell on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Lowell ranks #3,952 for baby boys with 28 births, falling sharply (-22%). All told, over 41K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lowell
Lowell is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 41K births in the dataset. Lowell's peak popularity came in 1931 when it ranked #147. Use the chart and map above to compare Lowell's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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