Nowell
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 167since 1927
Nowell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nowell has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
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| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
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| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
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First appearance
1927
The first year at least five boys were named Nowell! It came in at #4,210, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1927–1949, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nowell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nowell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1969 at #2,861 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 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 178,817
- Highest: 1 in 178,817 boys born in 1969 were named Nowell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 22.8% of all boys named Nowell (38) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,210 (1927) | #4,210 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,430 (1944) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 17 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,562 |
| 1960s | 38 | #2,861 (1969) | #3,637 |
| 1970s | 24 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,889 |
| 1980s | 21 | #5,561 (1984) | #6,563 |
| 1990s | 15 | #5,096 (1991) | #6,982 |
| 2000s | 25 | #6,445 (2001) | #10,312 |
| 2010s | 12 | #9,693 (2010) | #10,915 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,330 (2022) | #12,330 |
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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