Webb

#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births

Peak · boys
#526
1880 · 12 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,658
since 1880

Webb over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Webb has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #526, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,60816
2024#5,44317
2023#5,07519
2022#4,18425
2021#4,49422
2020#4,27523
2019#4,00326
2018#4,09425
2017#4,93519
2016#4,94319
2015#5,50716
2014#4,86619
2013#4,18023
2012#4,25123
2011#8,7678
2010#5,74115
2009#10,9946
2008—
2007#8,9158
2006#7,42710
2005#7,09610
2004#8,1438
2003#8,6437
2002—
2001#7,5368
2000#6,31610
1999#7,8747
1998#7,5607
1997#7,2817
1996#5,9829
1995#8,8685
1994—
1993#6,2288
1992#6,6707
1991#8,2365
1990#8,1175
1989#7,9055
1988#4,45010
1987#6,0896
1986#5,9266
1985—
1984—
1983#5,4846
1982#3,69211
1981#4,5098
1980#5,5256
1979#5,3556
1978—
1977—
1976#3,09512
1975#4,7976
1974—
1973#4,5056
1972#4,4416
1971#2,36616
1970#3,8367
1969#3,9356
1968#2,44512
1967#2,9858
1966#3,2497
1965#3,2447
1964#3,6016
1963#2,30013
1962#1,96217
1961#3,0978
1960#2,53511
1959#2,11115
1958#1,67722
1957#1,58325
1956#1,94517
1955#1,90217
1954#1,82618
1953#1,50825
1952#1,93916
1951#1,64321
1950#1,70119
1949#2,12313
1948#2,02714
1947#1,98815
1946#2,14312
1945#1,40622
1944#1,73816
1943#2,27711
1942#1,68218
1941#1,82115
1940#1,80215
1939#1,63617
1938#2,8687
1937#2,08812
1936#2,18411
1935#2,5299
1934#1,49821
1933#1,90514
1932#1,99514
1931#1,64319
1930#2,7819
1929#2,00215
1928#1,82218
1927#1,43627
1926#2,30213
1925#2,58811
1924#1,83919
1923#1,75320
1922#1,76520
1921#1,70321
1920#1,82019
1919#1,40826
1918#1,64821
1917#1,39625
1916#1,54921
1915#1,70717
1914#1,49217
1913#1,36515
1912#1,52711
1911#1,11710
1910#1,3147
1909#1,4405
1908—
1907#1,2006
1906—
1905#1,2335
1904—
1903#1,1305
1902—
1901—
1900#74312
1899#7868
1898#1,0026
1897#68110
1896#7789
1895—
1894#8577
1893#57212
1892#8617
1891—
1890#8846
1889#9745
1888#58012
1887#7527
1886#9595
1885#7008
1884#7018
1883—
1882#57611
1881#7816
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Webb was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Webb
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 165 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,608)
  • 1,333 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #5,608)
  • 101 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1893 (#861 → #572)
  • Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1889 (#580 → #974)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #526 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1884–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,208
  • Highest: 1 in 9,208 boys born in 1880 were named Webb (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 11.8% of all boys named Webb (195) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s74#526 (1880)#728
1890s65#572 (1893)#803
1900s33#743 (1900)#1,149
1910s170#1,117 (1911)#1,452
1920s183#1,436 (1927)#1,903
1930s133#1,498 (1934)#2,113
1940s151#1,406 (1945)#1,901
1950s195#1,508 (1953)#1,784
1960s95#1,962 (1962)#2,935
1970s59#2,366 (1971)#4,056
1980s58#3,692 (1982)#5,448
1990s60#5,982 (1996)#7,424
2000s67#6,316 (2000)#8,134
2010s193#4,003 (2019)#5,129
2020s122#4,184 (2022)#4,847

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Webb in 1921

boys
#1,703
21 births · 1 in 52,450 boys

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #1,703Webb21
More about 1921

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 52,450 of them was named Webb, which outranked 65.8% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Webb
  1. #1,648Shelley22
  2. #1,648Stanislaus22
  3. #1,648Tyree22
  4. #1,703Webb21
  5. #1,703Adron21
  6. #1,703Aloys21
  7. #1,703Alpheus21
  8. #1,766Adell20
  9. #1,766Afton20
  10. #1,766Alvaro20

Tied with 62 names at #1,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921 →