Ewald

Last seen for boys in 1957 at #2,631

Peak · boys
1902 · 10 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
922
since 1884

Ewald over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ewald has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #744, 1902boys
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1957#2,63110
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1955#3,5056
1954#3,8275
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1944#3,1096
1943#2,7328
1942#2,5239
1941#2,6568
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1939#2,6098
1938#2,18511
1937#1,82815
1936#1,54019
1935#2,5299
1934#1,86015
1933#2,36810
1932#1,54821
1931#1,69318
1930#1,88916
1929#1,44325
1928#2,65910
1927#1,74820
1926#1,66121
1925#1,49325
1924#1,28732
1923#1,42027
1922#1,43427
1921#1,54924
1920#1,07343
1919#1,23033
1918#90254
1917#89251
1916#79760
1915#83254
1914#87039
1913#93028
1912#81629
1911#1,3877
1910#1,5895
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1908#1,2176
1907#1,0947
1906#8529
1905#1,0027
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1902#74410
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1900#1,0507
1899#1,0515
1898#8857
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1894#1,0745
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1892#9566
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1889#7897
1888#8157
1887#8196
1886#8456
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1884#7647
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Ewald! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ewald is popular in 1884

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ewald
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1957
  • Biggest jump: 571 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #816)
  • Biggest drop: 328 spots in 1919 (#902 → #1,230)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1902 at #744 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1912–1918
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,266
  • Highest: 1 in 12,266 boys born in 1902 were named Ewald (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,724 boys born in 1957 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 39.0% of all boys named Ewald (360) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s33#764 (1884)#806
1890s23#885 (1898)#992
1900s46#744 (1902)#993
1910s360#797 (1916)#1,025
1920s254#1,073 (1920)#1,577
1930s142#1,540 (1936)#2,005
1940s31#2,523 (1942)#2,755
1950s33#2,631 (1957)#3,353

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.

Ewald in 1884

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#764
7 births · 1 in 16,349 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #764Ewald7
More about 1884

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 16,349 of them was named Ewald, which outranked 32.1% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ewald
  1. #701Woodson8
  2. #701Woody8
  3. #701Wright8
  4. #764Ewald7
  5. #764Adelard7
  6. #764Albion7
  7. #764Alcide7
  8. #848Adolf6
  9. #848Alden6
  10. #848Algie6

Tied with 83 names at #764; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. ↑ 404Pierce#892 → #488
  2. ↑ 388Harlan#892 → #504
  3. ↑ 372Buck#892 → #520
  4. ↑ 345Noel#892 → #547
  5. ↑ 323Cleve#527 → #204
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Ernie#527 → #971
  2. ↓ 415Chin#556 → #971
  3. ↓ 388Newt#460 → #848
  4. ↓ 369Cal#479 → #848
  5. ↓ 351Omar#497 → #848

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

See the top 100 for 1884 →