Corbett

Where Corbett comes from

Corbett 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. 1892
    Debut at its peak, #394
    #394 among boys with 23 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1894
    Corbett Denneny born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  3. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #640.
  4. 1914
    Corbett Davis born
    American football player
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Corbett Denneny · Canadian ice hockey player, 1894–1963
  • Corbett Davis · American football player, 1914–1968
  • Corbett Monica · American comedian, 1930–1998

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.