Amasa

Where Amasa comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Amasa.

  • Vowel-ended
Amasa through the years
  1. 1799
    Amasa Walker born
    U.S. Representative and economist
  2. 1823
    Amasa Cobb born
    Union Army general
  3. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #959
    #959 among boys with 5 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Amasa Walker · U.S. Representative and economist, 1799–1875
  • Amasa Cobb · Union Army general, 1823–1905
  • Amasa Junius Parker · American politician, 1807–1890
  • Amasa Dana · American politician, 1792–1867
  • Amasa Norcross · American politician, 1824–1898

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.