Wellington

Where Wellington comes from

Wellington 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 #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Wellington Koo born
    Diplomat and former President of the Republic of China
  3. 1891
    Peak, #476
    14 babies named Wellington — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #956.
  5. 1990
    Wellington Rocha born
    East Timorese association football player
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Wellington Koo · Diplomat and former President of the Republic of China, 1888–1985
  • Wellington Rocha · East Timorese association football player, born 1990
  • Wellington Daniel Bueno · Brazilian association football player, born 1995
  • Wellington Luís de Sousa · Brazilian association football player, born 1988
  • Wellington Nem · Brazilian footballer, born 1992

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.