Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Other through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 190
- 190 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include a sample rank of No. 50,130 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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