Hello, worldnames
Hello, my name isGirlBoy

Howard

Pronounced /ˈhaʊəd/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1928 · #1003
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:207 in 2024 (#1,054)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
0246818801900192019401960198020002020
Hover or tap the chart for any year. Per 1,000 adjusts for how many babies were born that year.
Compare Howard with other names

Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Howard in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 56 babies, ranked #1003.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1887.
  • 1,676 girls have been named Howard since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Howard per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 612 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 499 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 275 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 202 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 46 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Medieval personal name from Middle English Howard, Howarde, from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár (“high”) + varðr (“guard”). In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred back from the surname. Short form: Howie.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈhaʊəd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Howard, CC BY-SA 4.0.