Overton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Overton

The Social Security Administration has registered 544 babies named Overton between 1884 and 2003, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Overton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Overton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Overton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Overton in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Overton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 544 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.