Lotus

Where Lotus comes from

Lotus 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. 1896
    Debut at its peak, #999
    #999 among girls with 11 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,555.
  3. 1906
    Lotus Thompson born
    Australian actress
  4. 1909
    Lotus Long born
    American actress
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Lotus Thompson · Australian actress, 1906–1963
  • Lotus Long · American actress, 1909–1990

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.