Horton

Where Horton comes from

Horton 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. 1888
    Debut at its peak, #755
    #755 among boys with 8 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1908
    Horton Smith born
    professional golfer
  4. 1916
    Horton Foote born
    American playwright and screenwriter
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Horton Foote · American playwright and screenwriter, 1916–2009
  • Horton Smith · professional golfer, 1908–1963
  • Horton Holcombe Hobbs, Jr. · American taxonomist and carcinologist, 1914–1994
  • Horton Williams · Australian judge, 1933–2020

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.