Green

Where Green comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Green.

Green through the years
  1. 1826
    Green Clay Smith born
    Union Army general
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #270 among boys, with 39 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Green Hackworth born
    American judge
  4. 1886
    Peak, #254
    45 babies named Green, its best rank.
  5. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #388.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Green Clay Smith · Union Army general, 1826–1895
  • Green Hackworth · American judge, 1883–1973
  • Green Berry Samuels · American politician, 1806–1859
  • Green Adams · lawyer, member and functionary of the United States Congress, 1812–1884
  • Green Peyton Wertenbaker · American journalist and writer, 1907–1968

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.