Overton
Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 544since 1884
Overton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Overton has never cracked the top 900 here.
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
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
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| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Overton! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Overton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900 (#928 → #1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1888 at #917 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 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 · 1884–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,702
- Highest: 1 in 17,702 boys born in 1899 were named Overton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 395,070 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #917 in 1888, was only 1 in 20,142 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.8% of all boys named Overton (151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #917 (1888) | #944 |
| 1890s | 12 | #928 (1899) | #953 |
| 1900s | 22 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,253 |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,313 (1918) | #2,059 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,457 (1920) | #2,183 |
| 1930s | 80 | #1,707 (1933) | #2,532 |
| 1940s | 47 | #2,277 (1943) | #2,896 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,295 (1959) | #3,232 |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,537 (1965) | #3,718 |
| 1970s | 7 | #3,836 (1970) | #3,836 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 12 | #7,136 (1996) | #8,002 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,622 |
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.
Overton in 1899
boys
#928
6 births · 1 in 17,702 boys
Top boys' names in 1899
More about 1899
boys
106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 17,702 of them was named Overton, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).