Ewell

Last seen for girls in 1919 at #3,817 · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #5,619
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1903 · 12 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,051
since 1882

Ewell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ewell has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #656, 1903boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1982—#5,6196
1981—#4,1539
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1979—#3,35712
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1977—#4,1648
1976—#5,5875
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1974—#4,1907
1973—#3,4459
1972—#4,9865
1971—#3,9637
1970—#3,8367
1969—#2,41513
1968—#3,1078
1967—#2,13914
1966—#2,9868
1965—#2,08415
1964—#3,2827
1963—#2,11515
1962—#2,67310
1961—#2,9009
1960—#2,12115
1959—#1,75921
1958—#2,37012
1957—#2,19014
1956—#1,82119
1955—#1,72520
1954—#1,95616
1953—#1,95816
1952—#1,80418
1951—#1,46226
1950—#1,74618
1949—#1,58322
1948—#1,40027
1947—#1,51924
1946—#1,55721
1945—#1,37823
1944—#1,57419
1943—#1,28029
1942—#1,53721
1941—#1,63318
1940—#1,20831
1939—#1,35924
1938—#1,09535
1937—#1,48121
1936—#1,09535
1935—#1,24729
1934—#1,07737
1933—#96143
1932—#1,03541
1931—#93948
1930—#1,19035
1929—#99546
1928—#93852
1927—#1,01248
1926—#83163
1925—#94551
1924—#1,04546
1923—#88259
1922—#97752
1921—#93956
1920—#98748
1919#3,8177#76671
1918—#82463
1917—#1,01741
1916—#95245
1915—#91646
1914—#89837
1913—#91429
1912—#81629
1911—#82416
1910—#1,1189
1909—#75614
1908—#9469
1907—#9998
1906—#67413
1905—#9198
1904—#8748
1903—#65612
1902—#7949
1901—#8587
1900—#78511
1899—#7149
1898—#1,0026
1897—#7878
1896—#1,1015
1895—#8727
1894—#1,0745
1893—#1,0355
1892—#8617
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1890—#8846
1889—#7897
1888—#1,0315
1887—#8196
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1885—#9365
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1883—#7207
1882—#9435
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Ewell! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ewell is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
  • Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #787)
  • Biggest drop: 362 spots in 1910 (#756 → #1,118)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1903 at #656 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 69 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1899–1909
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,936
  • Highest: 1 in 9,936 boys born in 1903 were named Ewell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 302,408 boys born in 1982 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.4% of all boys named Ewell (521) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s35#720 (1883)#873
1890s58#714 (1899)#926
1900s99#656 (1903)#826
1910s386#766 (1919)#905
1920s521#831 (1926)#955
1930s348#939 (1931)#1,148
1940s235#1,208 (1940)#1,467
1950s180#1,462 (1951)#1,879
1960s114#2,084 (1965)#2,582
1970s60#3,357 (1979)#4,191
1980s15#4,153 (1981)#4,886

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ewell in 1909

boys
#756
14 births · 1 in 11,714 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #756Ewell14
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 11,714 of them was named Ewell, which outranked 55.0% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ewell
  1. #714Wardell15
  2. #714Waymon15
  3. #714Zack15
  4. #756Ewell14
  5. #756Alford14
  6. #756Augusta14
  7. #756Augustine14
  8. #804Addison13
  9. #804Adolphus13
  10. #804Alonza13

Tied with 47 names at #756; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →