# Ewen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ewen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 206 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 206 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 222, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 9,996 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,672 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,169 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,656 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,657 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,355 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,022 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,197 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,199 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,170 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,936 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,809 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,180 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,090 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | 1,732 |
| 2005 | 21 | 1,014 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,087 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1,749 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Ewen

- Ewen Montagu, British intelligence analyst (1901–1985)
- Ewen Costiou, French cyclist
- Ewen Whitaker, British astronomer
- Ewen MacIntosh, British actor (1973–2024)
- Ewen Fernandez, French speed skater
- Richard Borcherds, British-American mathematician (born 1959)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.