Howard was the #1,002 boys' name in the US in 2025 (226 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.
Howard as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
2025
#1,002 (226)
#1,897 (13)
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#1,500 (15)
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2024
#1,057 (207)
#1,952 (12)
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#1,507 (14)
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2023
#1,003 (219)
#1,800 (13)
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#1,234 (17)
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2022
#1,057 (208)
#2,019 (11)
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#1,092 (20)
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2021
#937 (241)
#1,860 (12)
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#1,151 (19)
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2020
#1,044 (194)
#2,076 (10)
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#1,520 (12)
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2019
#984 (216)
#2,488 (8)
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#1,101 (19)
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2018
#975 (213)
#1,455 (17)
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#1,133 (18)
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2017
#996 (203)
#1,398 (18)
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#1,422 (13)
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2016
#901 (241)
#1,804 (13)
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#1,578 (11)
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2015
#1,038 (194)
#1,511 (16)
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#1,956 (8)
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2014
#986 (211)
#1,935 (11)
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#1,465 (12)
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2013
#1,008 (194)
#1,462 (16)
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#1,551 (11)
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2012
#983 (203)
#1,229 (21)
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#1,143 (17)
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2011
#957 (207)
#2,039 (10)
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#1,467 (12)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1912 at #25.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
How common is it?
about 1 in 7,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
How common, country by country
Where
Sex
Latest year
Share
Verdict
US
Boys
2025
about 1 in 7,600
uncommon
England & Wales
Boys
2025
about 1 in 21,000
rare
Canada
Boys
2025
about 1 in 11,000
rare
Next year
On its recent trend, Howard is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,000 to 1 in 9,300.