Powell
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,485since 1883
Powell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Powell has never cracked the top 800 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,838 | 19 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,010 | 15 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,881 | 16 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,696 | 20 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,425 | 22 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,489 | 22 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,390 | 28 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,549 | 24 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,247 | 32 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,343 | 28 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,396 | 25 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,049 | 23 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Powell! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Powell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Powell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 478 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #8,243)
- 1,311 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1897
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1892
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1891 at #841 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,865
- Highest: 1 in 16,865 boys born in 1891 were named Powell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 14.0% of all boys named Powell (208) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #892 (1883) | #962 |
| 1890s | 32 | #841 (1891) | #999 |
| 1900s | 43 | #943 (1901) | #1,093 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,049 (1913) | #1,507 |
| 1920s | 208 | #1,390 (1925) | #1,732 |
| 1930s | 193 | #1,425 (1939) | #1,603 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,406 (1945) | #1,774 |
| 1950s | 135 | #1,838 (1958) | #2,214 |
| 1960s | 118 | #1,962 (1962) | #2,544 |
| 1970s | 38 | #3,963 (1972) | #5,055 |
| 1980s | 56 | #3,412 (1981) | #5,250 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,280 (1995) | #5,689 |
| 2000s | 89 | #5,040 (2000) | #8,109 |
| 2010s | 87 | #6,060 (2017) | #8,802 |
| 2020s | 59 | #6,828 (2022) | #7,878 |
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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