Whitfield

Where Whitfield comes from

Whitfield 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. 1890
    Debut at its peak, #994
    #994 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1959
    Whitfield Lovell born
    American artist
  4. 1968
    Whitfield Crane born
    American singer
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Whitfield Crane · American singer, born 1968
  • Whitfield Lovell · American artist, born 1959
  • Whitfield Connor · American actor, director and producer, 1916–1988

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.