Seaborn

Where Seaborn comes from

The dictionaries list Seaborn as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1846
    Seaborn Reese born
    American politician
  2. 1870
    Seaborn Roddenbery born
    American politician
  3. 1882
    First appearance
    #837 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1887
    Peak, #679
    8 babies named Seaborn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Seaborn Roddenbery · American politician, 1870–1913
  • Seaborn Reese · American politician, 1846–1907
  • Seaborn Jones · American politician, 1788–1864

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.