Seldon

Where Seldon comes from

Seldon 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. 1839
    Seldon Connor born
    Union United States Army general
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #752
    7 babies named Seldon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Seldon Connor · Union United States Army general, 1839–1917

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.