Ewell

Where Ewell comes from

Ewell 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. 1903
    Peak, #656
    12 babies named Ewell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1917
    Ewell Ross McCright born
    American politician
  4. 1922
    Ewell Blackwell born
    American baseball player
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,986.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Ewell Blackwell · American baseball player, 1922–1996
  • Ewell Ross McCright · American politician, 1917–1990

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.