Charlton

Where Charlton comes from

Charlton 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. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1890
    Peak, #814
    7 babies named Charlton — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1923
    Charlton Heston born
    American actor
  5. 1991
    Charlton Vicento born
    Curaçaoan footballer
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Charlton Heston · American actor, 1923–2008
  • Charlton Vicento · Curaçaoan footballer, born 1991
  • Charlton Thomas Lewis · US lexicographer, 1834–1904
  • Charlton Nyirenda · Malawian swimmer (* 1988), born 1988
  • Charlton Reid Beattie · United States federal judge, 1869–1925

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.