Popularity in the United States (by decade)
Numbers
| Howard (masculine) | Howard (feminine) | |||||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | Rank | Percent Used | ||
| 2020 | #987 | 0.012 | - | - | ||
| 2010 | #984 | 0.011 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | #779 | 0.012 | - | - | ||
| 1990 | #521 | 0.019 | - | - | ||
| 1980 | #302 | 0.037 | - | - | ||
| 1970 | #188 | 0.076 | - | - | ||
| 1960 | #119 | 0.146 | - | - | ||
| 1950 | #83 | 0.233 | - | - | ||
| 1940 | #53 | 0.353 | - | - | ||
| 1930 | #39 | 0.474 | #1377 | 0.003 | ||
| 1920 | #26 | 0.619 | #1145 | 0.004 | ||
| 1910 | #27 | 0.671 | #1366 | 0.003 | ||
| 1900 | #33 | 0.546 | #1802 | 0.002 | ||
| 1890 | #33 | 0.483 | #1763 | 0.001 | ||
| 1880 | #40 | 0.369 | #1440 | 0.001 | ||
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