Lowrie

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Lowrie has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1952. 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 1952, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Lowrie, 1952

1 in 759,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lowrie: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lowrie means

Lowrie is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Lowrie is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Lowrie between 1952 and 1952. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1952; its best national rank was #4,063 in 1952.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lowrie?

Lowrie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1952, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1952: 1 in 759,000; 5 of 3,796,842 births
Among boys only: 1 in 389,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1952: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 526,355 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lowrie 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 1952 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 526,355 children born in 1952 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lowrie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lowries were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lowrie was born before 1952 — so the typical Lowrie is around 73 today.

Median birth year: 1952; About 73 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Lowrie 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 1952 (5)
Years since peak: 73; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,063; 1952

Spellings of Lowrie

Lowrie is not the most common spelling — Lonnie is, with 62.8% against Lowrie's <0.01%.

Lonnie62.8%94,486
Louie20.6%30,992
Lorin3.1%4,729
Lorne2.9%4,302
Bowie1.5%2,235
Laurie1.3%1,954
Orie1.1%1,727
Corrie0.85%1,284

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.

Lowrie around the world

Where Lowrie 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.

Scotland
2012–2012
#568
in 2012

Popularity data from National Records of Scotland. NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Lowrie 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: #4,063; 1952
Peak year: 1952; 5 that year
First recorded: 1952
Last recorded: 1952
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lowrie

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

Lowan Lowens Akarie Amyrie Lowrey Lowsan Kyarie Audrie Valrie Tarrie Kenrie Emarie Emerie Dkyrie Lowman Akyrie Amirie Kharie Zyarie Kairie Forrie Burie Durie Larie

Sibling names for Lowrie

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

Randy Oralia Kathlyn Celestine Nanci Charmaine Marita Jacalyn

For a brother

Val Artis Jacky Ike Dannie Williams Stanton Denis

Explore around Lowrie

Top names of 1952, Lowrie's peak year The 1950s in full Other names that peaked in 1952 Boys' names starting with L