Overton
Notable people with the name Overton include:
Meaning & Origin of Overton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Notable people with the name Overton include:
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The Story of Overton
Overton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1884, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 29 births, good for #1,313 nationwide. About 28% of every Overton on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Overton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 544 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Names that sound like Overton
Phonetically similar names — useful when Overton is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Overdone
- Overtone
- Overtown
- Everton
- Overtime
- Overturn
- Overeaten
- Overhung
- Overrun
- Everting
- Averting
- Overtones
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Overton
Overton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 544 births in the dataset. Overton's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,313. Use the chart and map above to compare Overton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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