Manson

Where Manson comes from

Manson 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. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1892
    Peak, #792
    8 babies named Manson — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1907
    Manson Benedict born
    American nuclear engineer
  5. 1956
    Manson K. Brown born
    US Coast Guard commander
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Manson Benedict · American nuclear engineer, 1907–2006
  • Manson K. Brown · US Coast Guard commander, born 1956
  • Manson Cheung · Hong Kong singer and actor, born 1993

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.