Livingston

Where Livingston comes from

Livingston 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. 1890
    Debut at its peak, #994
    #994 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1903
    Livingston T. Merchant born
    American diplomat
  4. 1950
    Livingston Taylor born
    American singer-songwriter
  5. 2023
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls 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
  • Livingston T. Merchant · American diplomat, 1903–1976
  • Livingston Taylor · American singer-songwriter, born 1950
  • Livingston Farrand · American educator, 1867–1939
  • Livingston L. Holder, Jr. · American astronaut, born 1956
  • Livingston Hall · American academic, 1903–1995

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.