Ewald
Ewald was last recorded in 1957, when 10 babies were given it; 922 Americans have been recorded with it between 1884 and 1957 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ewald by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ewald mean?
Wiktionary, German section
Ewald is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the senses “law” (ewa) and “to rule” (waltan).
From the name of two seventh century missionaries, Old High German ewa (“law”) + waltan (“to rule”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, German section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ewald?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #2,709, in 1957; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
60 babies in 1916, the peak
Ewald peaked in 1916, when 60 boys were given it, #798 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 10 | #2,709 | 4.6 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,637 | 2.9 |
| 1954 | 5 | #4,001 | 2.5 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,909 | 2.6 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,158 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,229 | 4.4 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,806 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,578 | 6.5 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,724 | 6.5 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,677 | 7.2 |
Every recorded year (54)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 11 | #2,239 | 9.9 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,855 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,560 | 18.3 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,593 | 8.6 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,882 | 14.5 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,425 | 10.1 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,557 | 20.1 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,726 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,915 | 14.6 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,458 | 23.2 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,726 | 9.0 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,766 | 17.7 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,680 | 18.9 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,508 | 22.4 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,301 | 28.3 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,441 | 24.6 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,447 | 24.8 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,561 | 21.8 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,080 | 40.4 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,236 | 33.7 |
| 1918 | 54 | #905 | 53.3 |
| 1917 | 51 | #893 | 55.1 |
| 1916 | 60 | #798 | 67.4 |
| 1915 | 54 | #837 | 63.6 |
| 1914 | 39 | #872 | 59.6 |
| 1913 | 28 | #938 | 54.6 |
| 1912 | 29 | #820 | 67.5 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,439 | 31.0 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,675 | 25.7 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,271 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,133 | 47.7 |
| 1906 | 9 | #873 | 67.6 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,027 | 52.9 |
| 1902 | 10 | #762 | 81.5 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,083 | 46.5 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,100 | 47.1 |
| 1898 | 7 | #915 | 57.1 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,133 | 43.2 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,001 | 49.2 |
| 1889 | 7 | #827 | 63.3 |
| 1888 | 7 | #852 | 57.9 |
| 1887 | 6 | #857 | 59.2 |
| 1886 | 6 | #883 | 54.2 |
| 1884 | 7 | #801 | 61.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ewald a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ewald has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 54 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ewald: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ewald, and how old are they?
An estimated 51 Americans named Ewald and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 395 people named Ewald (5 women and girls, 390 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 90 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.4 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ewald born?
The states with the most babies named Ewald are Wisconsin, Texas and Minnesota, with 90% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin and Minnesota are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 103 | not ranked | 5.0× |
| Texas | 70 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Minnesota | 27 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 12 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 6 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| South Dakota | 5 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Ewald is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ewald is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 5.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ewald with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ewald
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ewald and names like it
- Compare Ewald and AloisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEwald peaked in 1916.
- Wisconsin’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ewald since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Ewald: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Ewald.
- Names starting with EMost given first.