Excel

Where Excel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Excel.

Excel through the years
  1. 1922
    Debut at its peak, #4,307
    #4,307 among boys with 5 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1923
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 2022
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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