Grafton

Where Grafton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Grafton.

Grafton through the years
  1. 1864
    Grafton D. Cushing born
    American politician
  2. 1871
    Grafton Elliot Smith born
    Australian anatomist
  3. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1895
    Peak, #872
    7 babies named Grafton, its best rank.
  5. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Grafton Elliot Smith · Australian anatomist, 1871–1937
  • Grafton D. Cushing · American politician, 1864–1939
  • Grafton Tyler Brown · American artist and cartographer, 1841–1918
  • Grafton Green · American judge in Tennessee, 1872–1947

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.