Wilton

Where Wilton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wilton.

Wilton through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys, with 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1924
    Peak, #422
    208 babies named Wilton, the most in any year.
  3. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #573.
  4. 1947
    Wilton Daniel Gregory born
    American Cardinal
  5. 1981
    Wilton Pereira Sampaio born
    Brazilian referee and association football referee
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wilton Daniel Gregory · American Cardinal, born 1947
  • Wilton Pereira Sampaio · Brazilian referee and association football referee, born 1981
  • Wilton Ivie · American arachnologist, 1907–1969
  • Wilton Felder · American musician, 1940–2015
  • Wilton Graff · American actor, 1903–1969

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.