girls:
27 births since 1962
#5689 (0th percentile)
boys:
472 births since 1900
#4114 (10th percentile)
overall:
499 births since 1900
#7240 (6th percentile)
The name Lowry is the #7,240 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 499 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,114 (10.2% percentile) for all time with 472 births since 1900. For girls, it ranks #5,689 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 1962.
Lowry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 1962 for girls). Birth data for Lowry is available in 60 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lowry has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Lowry were boys. Interestingly, until around 2014, the name was more popular for boys (97.9% boys from 1900 to 2013), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (54.8% girls from 2014 to 2023).
For boys, Lowry reached its peak popularity in 1945, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #525) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 43 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Lowry reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #945) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Lowry is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lowry".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lowry. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.1% confident that Lowry is pronounced as LOW-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LOH-ree, at 28.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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