Recorded 1918–2025 · United States
Lowen was most popular in 2025, when 211 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,134 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,134, with 211 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,227 people named Lowen.
Lowen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1918, which makes it about 107 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 108 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,227 American births named Lowen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,206 are estimated to be alive today.
211 American babies were named Lowen in 2025, ranking #2,134 that year.
Lowen is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 147 births a year, against 19 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +689% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Lowen is a unisex name — 42.4% of the 1,227 Americans given it were girls and 57.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 51% girls and 49% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,206 Americans named Lowen are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 4 years old, and half are between 2 and 9. That is a narrow band because Lowen is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org