Overton

Where Overton comes from

Overton 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. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #917
    6 babies named Overton — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1897
    Overton Brooks born
    American politician
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Overton Brooks · American politician, 1897–1961

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.