Arlington

Where Arlington comes from

Arlington 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. 1849
    Arlington G. Reynolds born
    Ohio Legislator
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1884
    Peak, #701
    8 babies named Arlington — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1886
    Arlington Valles born
    British-born American costume designer
  6. 2020
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Arlington Valles · British-born American costume designer, 1886–1970
  • Arlington G. Reynolds · Ohio Legislator, 1849–1934

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.