Sewall — boys' name
11 babies named Sewall in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Sewall was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Sewall in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sewall
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Sewall between 1915 and 1919, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sewall currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1919. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sewall performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sewall in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sewall in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sewall at a glance
Last recorded 1919Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sewall popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1915
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1919.
11 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 6 births in a single year.
Sewall by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Sewall's all-time total
Sewall decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Sewall's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Sewall by state
Where Sewall concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 5 | 45.5% |
5 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maine 45.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 45.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1919 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.