Felton

Where Felton comes from

Felton 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
    #815 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Peak, #515
    18 babies named Felton — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1934
    Felton Jarvis born
    American record producer, singer
  4. 1945
    Felton Perry born
    American actor
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,640.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Felton Perry · American actor, born 1945
  • Felton Jarvis · American record producer, singer, 1934–1981
  • Felton Spencer · American basketball player, 1968–2023
  • Felton Messina · Dominican Republic karateka, born 1953
  • Felton Hervey · aristocratic English politician from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk;, 1712–1773

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.