Ogden

Where Ogden comes from

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ogden
Along the way
  1. 1884
    Ogden L. Mills born
    American politician
  2. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1902
    Ogden Nash born
    American poet
  4. 1907
    Peak, #930
    9 babies named Ogden — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1909
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
Namesakes
  • Ogden Nash · American poet, 1902–1971
  • Ogden L. Mills · American politician, 1884–1937
  • Ogden Rood · American physicist, 1831–1902
  • Ogden R. Reid · American politician, 1925–2019
  • Ogden Crane · American actor, 1873–1940

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.