Ransom

Where Ransom comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ransom.

Ransom through the years
  1. 1864
    Ransom E. Olds born
    American businessman
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #453
    16 babies named Ransom, its best rank.
  4. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #852.
  5. 1979
    Ransom Riggs born
    American writer and filmmaker
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ransom Riggs · American writer and filmmaker, born 1979
  • Ransom E. Olds · American businessman, 1864–1950
  • Ransom W. Dunham · American politician, 1838–1896
  • Ransom Knowling · American musician, 1912–1967
  • Ransom H. Gillet · American politician, 1800–1876

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.