Mahlon

Where Mahlon comes from

From Biblical Hebrew מַחְלוֹן (makhlón).
— Wiktionary's entry for Mahlon
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1770
    Mahlon Dickerson born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    Mahlon Hamilton born
    actor
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #482 among boys — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1896
    Peak, #481
    18 babies named Mahlon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #725.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Mahlon Dickerson · American politician, 1770–1853
  • Mahlon Hamilton · actor, 1880–1960
  • Mahlon Loomis · American inventor, 1826–1886
  • Mahlon Romeo · English footballer, born 1995
  • Mahlon Pitney · American politician and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1858–1924

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.