HOWARD is ranked as the 174th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 370,562.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 116.22 people named HOWARD for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is commonly used as either a first or last name. More specifically, it is used as a first name 57% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named HOWARD is 156,046.
The SSA data also shows that HOWARD is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
HOWARD is
80.7% White,
2.1% Hispanic origin,
12.8% Black,
2.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name HOWARD have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name HOWARD is included in the following name categories:
English surname
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name HOWARD
The state with the most people named
HOWARD is
California where
35,496 people have this name.
West Virginia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named HOWARD, as
181.83 in every 100,000
West Virginians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
West Virginia is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name HOWARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
16,216
125.9
99.7%
Indiana
8,198
124.28
99.4%
Iowa
3,318
106.79
99.1%
Kansas
3,917
134.88
99.0%
Michigan
10,835
109.33
99.7%
Minnesota
5,052
92.57
99.4%
Missouri
4,514
150.76
99.4%
Nebraska
2,240
119.08
98.4%
North Dakota
909
122.88
96.3%
Ohio
16,795
144.85
99.6%
South Dakota
725
84.99
95.3%
Wisconsin
5,338
92.71
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name HOWARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
749
101.61
95.6%
Arizona
8,647
128.45
99.4%
California
35,496
91.48
99.8%
Colorado
5,484
102.38
99.2%
Hawaii
1,824
128.51
99.3%
Idaho
2,194
134.23
98.5%
Montana
1,404
137.18
97.7%
Nevada
3,467
122.11
99.1%
New Mexico
2,128
102.01
98.2%
Oregon
4,771
120.17
99.2%
Utah
3,089
104.96
98.8%
Washington
7,437
105.31
99.6%
Wyoming
709
121.32
96.2%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name HOWARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
2,530
70.34
98.9%
Maine
662
49.78
95.5%
Massachusetts
3,345
49.59
98.8%
New Hampshire
747
56.34
96.4%
New Jersey
9,257
103.56
99.5%
New York
27,687
140.21
99.8%
Pennsylvania
17,674
138.21
99.7%
Rhode Island
483
45.78
96.2%
Vermont
1,051
167.67
98.4%
South States
State stats for the first name HOWARD
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have HOWARD as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named HOWARD.
The most popular full name is HOWARD Smith.
1.12% of all the people named HOWARD
have this family name.
There are 24916 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name HOWARD