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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 44 recorded years as a table

Sewell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1896	42
1903	50
1905	45
1908	32
1910	36
1913	20
1914	12
1915	9
1916	17
1917	15
1918	13
1919	19
1920	12
1921	15
1922	16
1923	16
1924	19
1925	13
1926	9
1927	8
1928	10
1929	6
1930	10
1931	7
1932	12
1933	9
1934	13
1935	6
1936	5
1937	11
1938	6
1939	5
1940	9
1941	5
1942	8
1943	10
1944	9
1945	7
1946	5
1947	4
1949	3
1953	4
1960	2
1981	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sewell isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981: 5
Rank in 1981: #6,262
How rare: 1 in 358,235 boys
Since 1896: 442

Sewell was last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1903, at 50 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sewell doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.