Weldon

Where Weldon comes from

Weldon 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. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1920
    Peak, #323
    325 babies named Weldon — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1932
    Weldon Olson born
    American ice hockey player
  4. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #554.
  5. 1980
    Weldon born
    Brazilian footballer
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Weldon · Brazilian footballer, born 1980
  • Weldon Olson · American ice hockey player, 1932–2023
  • Weldon Heyburn · American actor, 1910–1951
  • Weldon B. Heyburn · American politician, 1852–1912
  • Weldon Kees · American artist, 1914–1955

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.