Littleton

Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988

Peak · boys
1896 · 8 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
312
since 1882

Littleton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Littleton has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #826, 1896boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959#3,9885
1958#3,5596
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952#2,07314
1951
1950
1949#2,8028
1948#3,6685
1947
1946#3,5255
1945#2,9966
1944#3,1096
1943#3,2316
1942
1941#2,33310
1940#2,32210
1939
1938#3,1756
1937
1936
1935#2,9517
1934
1933
1932#2,46510
1931#3,3906
1930#3,2897
1929#2,7669
1928
1927#3,4517
1926
1925#3,1558
1924#2,13215
1923#3,1758
1922#2,63011
1921#2,9869
1920#2,9679
1919#2,51111
1918#2,69910
1917#2,28012
1916#2,25912
1915#2,45810
1914#2,6517
1913#2,2737
1912#2,5445
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
1909
1908#1,3735
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#1,0515
1898
1897
1896#8268
1895
1894#9546
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Littleton! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Littleton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1896 at #826 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,946
  • Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1896 were named Littleton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 426,904 boys born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 26.9% of all boys named Littleton (84) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#837 (1882)#904
1890s19#826 (1896)#944
1900s5#1,373 (1908)#1,373
1910s84#1,589 (1910)#2,300
1920s76#2,132 (1924)#2,908
1930s36#2,465 (1932)#3,054
1940s56#2,322 (1940)#2,998
1950s25#2,073 (1952)#3,207

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Littleton in 1882

boys
#837
6 births · 1 in 18,948 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #837Littleton6
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 18,948 of them was named Littleton, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Littleton
  1. #754Wheeler7
  2. #754Williams7
  3. #754Worth7
  4. #837Littleton6
  5. #837Addie6
  6. #837Alan6
  7. #837Alberto6
  8. #943Ab5
  9. #943Adolf5
  10. #943Alby5

Tied with 105 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882