Lowry
The Story of Lowry
As a girl name
American parents first put Lowry on the record books as a girl name in 1962, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 7 Lowrys were born — ranking #12,180 that year. About 44% of every Lowry on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Lowry last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Lowry on the record books as a boy name in 1900, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1945, when 16 Lowrys were born — ranking #1,697 that year. About 25% of every Lowry on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Lowry last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 472 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Lowry
Lowry is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 472 births in the dataset. Lowry's peak popularity came in 1945 when it ranked #1,697. Use the chart and map above to compare Lowry'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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