Milburn

Where Milburn comes from

Milburn 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. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Milburn Stone born
    actor
  3. 1908
    Peak, #566
    20 babies named Milburn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1909
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #951.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Milburn Stone · actor, 1904–1980

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.