Lowe

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Love

Lowe has been given to 100 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2024, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.

Babies named Lowe, 2024

1 in 478,000

Lowe over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lowe over time

In 2025, Lowe went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lowe: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Love

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lowe means

Lowe is a variant of Love.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Lowe is a variant of Love. Love has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Love.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 52 boys were recorded with the name Lowe between 1913 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,086 in 1913.

In the United States, 48 girls were recorded with the name Lowe between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2024; its best national rank was #7,442 in 2024.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Lowe?

Lowe had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 478,000; 7 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 246,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 331,009 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lowe sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lowe. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lowes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lowe was born before 1923 — so the typical Lowe is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 48.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 23.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 48.1% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Lowe rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2024 (7)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,086; 1913

Spellings of Lowe

Lowe is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 24.5% against Lowe's <0.01%.

Jose24.5%592,512
Joe18.7%453,255
Luke13.4%323,020
Owen10.2%245,644
Lee9.7%233,627
Cole6.4%154,093
Lyle2.4%59,190
Lane2.0%47,562

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lowe around the world

Where Lowe ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2020–2024
#3,255
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Lowe by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,086; 1913
Peak year: 2024; 7 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 52
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,226
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #7,442; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 15 that year
First recorded: 2009
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 48
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Lowe

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lowsan Lowis Lowel Bowe Lowry Lowens Lowan Howe Arlowe Lowen Rowe Lowman Harlowe Low Lowrey Stowe Lowery Dowe Lowrie Marlowe Lowell

Sibling names for Lowe

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Noah Alianna Xochitl Elina Malka Eleni Emerie Malani

For a brother

Jeremias Bjorn Kylo Evans Shimon Rio Shlomo Tadeo

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