Seward

Where Seward comes from

Seward 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. 1870
    Seward H. Williams born
    American politician
  2. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #668
    10 babies named Seward — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,079.
  5. 1899
    Seward Collins born
    American publisher
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Seward Collins · American publisher, 1899–1952
  • Seward H. Williams · American politician, 1870–1922
  • Seward Smith · American judge, 1830–1886

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.