Isham

Where Isham comes from

Isham 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. 1818
    Isham G. Harris born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #505 among boys with 13 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #837.
  4. 1894
    Isham Jones born
    American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Isham Jones · American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter, 1894–1956
  • Isham G. Harris · American politician, 1818–1897
  • Isham Talbot · American politician, 1773–1837
  • Isham Warren Garrott · Confederate Army general, 1816–1863
  • Isham Randolph · American civil engineer, 1848–1920

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.