Littleton

Where Littleton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Littleton.

Littleton through the years
  1. 1774
    Littleton Waller Tazewell born
    American politician
  2. 1867
    Littleton Groom born
    Australian politician
  3. 1882
    First appearance
    #837 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1896
    Peak, #826
    8 babies named Littleton, its best rank.
  5. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Littleton Waller Tazewell · American politician, 1774–1860
  • Littleton Groom · Australian politician, 1867–1936
  • Littleton W. Moore · American politician, 1835–1911
  • Littleton Purnell Dennis · American politician, 1786–1834
  • Littleton Kirkpatrick · American politician, 1797–1859

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.