Fowler

Peak · boys
1922 · 16 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
279
since 1915

Fowler over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fowler has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #2,040, 1922boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#7,19411
2024#6,19914
2023#8,2559
2022#9,8237
2021#6,03214
2020#7,03411
2019#7,17311
2018#7,61710
2017#10,7756
2016#9,6647
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1929#3,5596
1928#3,0768
1927#3,7806
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1925#2,31313
1924#3,8676
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1922#2,04016
1921#2,9869
1920#2,60211
1919#2,38512
1918#2,54311
1917#3,5456
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1915#2,45810
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Fowler! It came in at #2,458, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Fowler is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Fowler in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Fowler
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 160 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #7,194)
  • 297 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1922 at #2,040 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1923, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 68,010
  • Highest: 1 in 68,010 boys born in 1922 were named Fowler (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.9% of all boys named Fowler (75) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s45#2,385 (1919)#2,889
1920s75#2,040 (1922)#3,028
1930s34#3,268 (1933)#3,492
1940s15#3,459 (1940)#3,577
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2010s44#7,173 (2019)#8,544
2020s66#6,032 (2021)#7,423

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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