Ewell
Recorded 1882–1982 · United States
Ewell was most popular in 1919, when 78 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,487 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,058 people named Ewell.
Ewell over time
How old is the name Ewell?
Ewell first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 95 of the 144 years since. It was last recorded in 1982.
How many people are named Ewell?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,058 American births named Ewell between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 448 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Ewell in 2025?
Ewell was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Ewell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Ewell is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 2,058 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Ewell?
Roughly 448 Americans named Ewell are alive today — 22% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 71 years old, and half are between 61 and 80.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Ewell is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org