Powell
Powell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 936th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191932 births
- Best rank
- #936in 1891
- Since 1883
- 1,476people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,476 boys have been named Powell in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 32 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Powell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 32 | |
| 1900s | 43 | |
| 1910s | 171 | |
| 1920s | 208 | |
| 1930s | 193 | |
| 1940s | 177 | |
| 1950s | 135 | |
| 1960s | 119 | |
| 1970s | 38 | |
| 1980s | 56 | |
| 1990s | 69 | |
| 2000s | 89 | |
| 2010s | 87 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Powell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1919 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Powell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eligahpeak 1918
- Basilpeak 1924
- Herschelpeak 1921
- Othapeak 1920
- Floydpeak 1926
- Benniepeak 1929
- Williepeak 1947
- Romiepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.