Ewen
Ewen is a male given name, most common throughout Scotland as well as Canada, due to the immigration of Scottish people. It is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name, Eòghann. It is possibly a derivative of the Pictish name, Uuen, "born of the mountain." Ewen or Ewan is also a Scottish surname, as in Clan MacEwen.
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Ewen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ewen is a male given name, most common throughout Scotland as well as Canada, due to the immigration of Scottish people. It is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name, Eòghann. It is possibly a derivative of the Pictish name, Uuen, "born of the mountain." Ewen or Ewan is also a Scottish surname, as in Clan MacEwen.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Ewen
The earliest SSA record of Ewen as a baby boy name dates back to 1917, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 37 newborns named Ewen — #3,206 in the national rankings. About 47% of every Ewen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ewen ranks #3,825 for baby boys with 29 births, rising sharply (+175% over the past five years). All told, over 241 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ewen
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About the name Ewen
Ewen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 241 births in the dataset. Ewen's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #3,206. Use the chart and map above to compare Ewen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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