Euell
Masculine
Euell has one famous bearer, and he is a good one to have: Euell Gibbons, the forager whose book Stalking the Wild Asparagus sent Americans out to look at roadside weeds as food. The name itself is two soft syllables, YOO-el, with no hard edge anywhere in it.
How old is the name Euell?
Euell first appears in US birth records in 1903 — 122 years ago. The typical Euell alive today was born around 1927, making them about 98 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Euell are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Euell most popular?
Euell peaked in 1903, reaching #1130 nationally. See the whole 1903 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Euell
Our story of Euell runs through the one man who made it known. Euell Gibbons, born in Texas, learned young to find food growing wild, and in middle age he wrote Stalking the Wild Asparagus, a book about cattails, dandelions, acorns and berries that treated a walk in the country as a trip to the pantry. Later, in a run of cereal commercials, he asked television viewers whether they had ever eaten a pine tree, and added that many parts are edible. For a name with no recorded origin, it is a fine thing to have been carried by a man who knew where everything came from.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No origin for Euell as a first name has been documented. It sounds like the English surname Ewell and looks like no other name, but no record connects the two.
Pronouncing Euell
YOO-el
Two syllables, the first stressed. In quick speech it can blur toward the one-syllable you'll.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1903
- Most boys named
- 192025 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1130reached in 1903
- Change vs 1966
- +142.9%17 in 1973, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Euells among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Euell are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Euell sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Its best-known bearer is remembered warmly, as the writer who taught Americans to find food growing wild.
- Short and soft, with an easy sound once heard.
- Almost no one else carries it, so it stays distinctive.
- Few people will guess the spelling from the sound; expect Ewell, Yule or Uel on forms, and plan to spell it aloud.
- Anyone who remembers the cereal commercials may bring up the pine tree; it is an affectionate joke, not a cruel one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Euells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Euell are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Euell in 2025?
- Euell is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Euell with classmates?
- Euell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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