Rexford

Where Rexford comes from

Rexford 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. 1891
    Rexford Tugwell born
    American economist, academic, and former governor of Puerto Rico
  2. 1891
    First appearance
    #841 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1897
    Peak, #787
    8 babies named Rexford — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1956
    Rexford Orotaloa born
    Solomon Islands novelist
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Rexford Tugwell · American economist, academic, and former governor of Puerto Rico, 1891–1979
  • Rexford Orotaloa · Solomon Islands novelist, born 1956

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.