Lowell

Boy name

Lowell has been given to 41,677 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It peaked in 1931.

Meaning & origin /ˈləʊ.əl/

A Middle English diminutive of Old French lou + -el (diminutive suffix), meaning "little wolf". Akin to Wolfie.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

41,677

Peak year

1931 (1,100 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1881

10-year trend

▼ -22%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lowell.

43,182 babies since 1882

38,024 babies since 1895

45,832 babies since 1880

47,056 babies since 1880

47,832 babies since 1880

30,652 babies since 1889

53,638 babies since 1880

29,321 babies since 1880

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