boy's name

Lowry

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 508

Lowry is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1945, when 16 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1900.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Lowry over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lowry by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 7
1910s 38
1920s 83
1930s 81
1940s 118
1950s 62
1960s 57
1970s 12
2000s 5
2010s 17
2020s (to 2025) 25

How popular is Lowry?

In 2025, Lowry was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Lowry is used

England & Wales #7,269 3 in 2018
United States #11,916 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lowry

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lowry also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lowry over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lowry

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lowry — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lowry

How popular is the name Lowry?

In 2025, Lowry was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Lowry a girl's or a boy's name?

Lowry is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Lowry?

Lowry has 2 syllables.

When was Lowry most popular?

Lowry peaked in 1945, when 16 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Lowry a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lowry currently ranks #11,916 in the United States. After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.