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Lowen

#1,883 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly happy

Lowen has been given to 1,227 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #1,883 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 84 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% boys, 42% girls all-time.

Babies named Lowen, 2025

1 in 39,500

Lowen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lowen over time

In 2025, Lowen went to 60% girls and 40% boys.

19182025

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.

Lowen: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly happy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lowen means

Lowen may mean “happy”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 707 boys were recorded with the name Lowen between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,883 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,094 in 2020 to #1,883 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,190 in 2015 to #1,883 in 2025.

In the United States, 520 girls were recorded with the name Lowen between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 127 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,639 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,835 in 2020 to #1,639 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,480 in 2015 to #1,639 in 2025.

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.

How common is Lowen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,500
84 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 20,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,883
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,357 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lowen 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 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,357 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lowen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lowens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lowen was born before 2019 — so the typical Lowen is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
49.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
696
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 49.9% of all recorded uses (353).

Is Lowen 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
+95
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,211
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,307
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
4.67×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (84)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,883
2025

Spellings of Lowen

Lowen is not the most common spelling — Logan is, with 42.6% against Lowen's 0.08%.

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.

Where Lowen is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lowen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 879,436 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lowen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lowen is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Lowen was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 47,350 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 20,000
  2. 2Missouri1 in 20,000
  3. 3Ohio1 in 25,000
  4. 4Minnesota1 in 33,333
  5. 5Texas1 in 33,333
  6. 6Indiana1 in 50,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 50,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Lowen around the world

Where Lowen 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
    2004–2025
    #363
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2022–2022
    #779
    in 2022
  • France
    1997–2025
    #214
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Lowen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,883
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,211
Best rank ever
#1,883
2025
Peak year
2025
84 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
707
Count in 2025
84

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,639
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,196
Best rank ever
#1,639
2025
Peak year
2025
127 that year
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
520
Count in 2025
127

Names similar to Lowen

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

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Sibling names for Lowen

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

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