Fremont

Where Fremont comes from

Fremont 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. 1856
    Fremont Wood born
    American lawyer
  2. 1856
    Fremont O. Phillips born
    American politician
  3. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1899
    Peak, #928
    6 babies named Fremont — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1900
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Fremont O. Phillips · American politician, 1856–1936
  • Fremont Wood · American lawyer, 1856–1940
  • Fremont Cole · American politician, 1856–1915
  • Fremont Older · American newspaper editor, 1856–1935

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.