How Many People Are Named Dowell?
people named Dowell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,340,388 people in the US has this name
Based on 211 babies named Dowell in Social Security records from 1915 to 1969, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
10 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dowell in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dowell alive today is about 70 years old, and 88% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dowell first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1919, to 10 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1969.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 1969
🏆 Rank History
Dowell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,502, in 1939.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,502 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,895 in the 1920s |
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