Ammon

Where Ammon comes from

Ammon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #706 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #597
    10 babies named Ammon — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1893
    Ammon Hennacy born
    American Christian pacifist, anarchist and social activist
  5. 1975
    Ammon Bundy born
    American activist
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ammon Hennacy · American Christian pacifist, anarchist and social activist, 1893–1970
  • Ammon Bundy · American activist, born 1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.