Wilton
Where Wilton comes from
Wilton 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
- 1880First SSA yearAlready #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
- 1924Peak, #422208 babies named Wilton — more than any year before or since.
- 1939The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #573.
- 1947Wilton Daniel Gregory bornAmerican Cardinal
- 1981Wilton Pereira Sampaio bornBrazilian referee and association football referee
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Wilton Daniel Gregory · American Cardinal, born 1947
- Wilton Pereira Sampaio · Brazilian referee and association football referee, born 1981
- Wilton Ivie · American arachnologist, 1907–1969
- Wilton Felder · American musician, 1940–2015
- Wilton Graff · American actor, 1903–1969
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.