Lowell
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lowell
Lowell is an upstanding and somewhat conservative name that calls to mind the genteel patrician families of nineteenth century New England, such as the one poet Robert Lowell was born into. Two other Lowell-surnamed poets are Amy and James Russell.
Lowell was at its height in the 1930s, when it reached Number 148, and has been off the list since 1986--long enough to deserve a reappraisal.
Namesakes include Governor Lowell P. Weicker of Connecticut and noted newsman Lowell Thomas; on TV Lowells have been featured on Wings and Sons of Anarchy.
An interesting British upper-class spelling is Loel.
Lowell is also given to girls.
Pronounced LOW-ul.
As of October 2026, Lowell ranked #3281 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #147 in 1931, Nameberry popularity #776.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,020 | 38 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,666 | 46 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #2,865 | 42 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,167 | 37 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,827 | 43 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,920 | 42 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,057 | 38 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,894 | 43 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #3,136 | 39 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,677 | 31 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #3,735 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,281 | 36 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Lowell for boys
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Famous Lowells
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.Boy
U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut
- Lowell Thomas GeorgeBoy
American lead singer of band Little Feat
- Lowell BergmanBoy
American TV journalist
- Lowell FulsonBoy
American blues guitarist
- Lowell Wesley PerryBoy
American football player and coach
- Lowell Raymond PalmerBoy
American baseball player
- Lowell HandlerBoy
American author/actor and brother of Evan Handler
- Lowell Lyttleton LewisBoy
former Chief Minister of Montserrat
- Lowell Jackson ThomasBoy
American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous
- Lowell Thomas Jr.Boy
American politician; 3rd Lt. Gov. of Alaska; son of Lowell Thomas
- Lowell Edward EnglishBoy
U.S. Marine Corps general
- Lowell MasonBoy
American hymnist
- Lowell ShermanBoy
American actor and film director
Lowell in pop culture
- Lowell MatherBoy
a main character on the US sitcom "Wings"
- Lowell EverallBoy
from movie "Family Secrets" played by James Spader
- Lowell StokesBoy
character from TV series "American Gothic"
- Carrie & LowellBoy
album by indie musician Sufjan Stevens
- "LowellBoy
MA", song by Death Cab for Cutie
- "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell)"Boy
song by Tom Waits