Lowrey

Boys' name

Pet form of Lawrence

Lowrey has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1917. 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 1917, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Lowrey, 1951

1 in 737,000

Lowrey over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lowrey: meaning, origin, and history

Pet form of Lawrence

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lowrey means

Lowrey is a pet form of Lawrence.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From a pet form of the personal name Lawrence.

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Origin, language, and formation

Lowrey is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lawrence.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Lowrey is pronounced /ˈloʊ.ɹi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Lowrey between 1917 and 1951. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1917; its best national rank was #4,045 in 1951.

How common is Lowrey?

Lowrey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1951, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1951: 1 in 737,000; 5 of 3,682,692 births
Among boys only: 1 in 376,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1951: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 510,531 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lowrey 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 1951 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 510,531 children born in 1951 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lowrey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lowreys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lowrey was born before 1917 — so the typical Lowrey is around 108 today.

Median birth year: 1917; About 108 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Lowrey 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 1917 (5)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,045; 1951

Spellings of Lowrey

Lowrey is not the most common spelling — Corey is, with 73.0% against Lowrey's <0.01%.

Corey73.0%185,020
Loren18.3%46,479
Korey4.5%11,443
Torrey2.0%5,066
Torey1.2%2,973
Correy0.43%1,099
Lowen0.28%707
Loney0.20%505

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.

Lowrey 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: #4,045; 1951
Peak year: 1917; 5 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1951
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lowrey

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

Lowens Lowsan Lowan Lowrie Lowman Khirey Larrey Murrey Khorey Hilrey Carrey Zakrey Latrey Mabrey Morrey Henrey Maurey Jcorey Jamarey Garrey Harrey Lowel Courey Edrey

Sibling names for Lowrey

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

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe Isadore

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