Ellwood

Where Ellwood comes from

Ellwood hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Peak, #596
    12 babies named Ellwood — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1910
    Ellwood Godfrey born
    American field hockey player
  5. 1915
    Ellwood Madill born
    Canadian politician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ellwood Godfrey · American field hockey player, 1910–1990
  • Ellwood Madill · Canadian politician, 1915–1999
  • Ellwood Patterson Cubberley · American educator, 1868–1941

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.