Almond

Where Almond comes from

Almond 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. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #836
    6 babies named Almond — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1913
    Almond E. Fisher born
    Medal of Honor recipient
  5. 1962
    Almond Chu born
    Hong Kong photographer
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Almond Chu · Hong Kong photographer, born 1962
  • Almond E. Fisher · Medal of Honor recipient, 1913–1982
  • Almond Lee · horse trainer, born 1964

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.