Pelham
Pelham is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Meaning & Origin of Pelham
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pelham is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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The Story of Pelham
The earliest SSA record of Pelham as a baby boy name dates back to 1912, when 5 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Pelham — #2,732 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Pelham on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Pelham last appeared in the published SSA data in 1973, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Pelham
Pelham is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Pelham's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,732. Use the chart and map above to compare Pelham'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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