Littleton

Where Littleton comes from

Littleton 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. 1774
    Littleton Waller Tazewell born
    American politician
  2. 1867
    Littleton Groom born
    Australian politician
  3. 1882
    First appearance
    #837 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1896
    Peak, #826
    8 babies named Littleton — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1897
    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
  • 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.