# Howie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/howie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhaʊ.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 788 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 788 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 181, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Howard + -ie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 13,022 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,771 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,765 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,767 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,288 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,323 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,145 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,809 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,923 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,769 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,151 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,102 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,325 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,134 |
| 2025 | 21 | 4,770 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Howie

- Howie Hawkins, American activist and trade unionist from California (born 1952)
- Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (1902–1937)
- Howie Williams, basketball player (1927–2004)
- Howie Day, American musician
- Howie Long, American football defensive end, actor, and sports analyst
- Howie Shannon, American basketball player (1923-1995)
- Howie Dallmar, American basketball player and coach (1922–1991)
- Howie Meeker, Canadian politician, formerly ice hockey player (1923–2020)
- Howie Seago, American actor and director (born 1953)
- Howard Kendrick, American baseball player (born 1983)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.