Webster

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
#376
1890 · 22 births
Debut · boys
1880
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,459
since 1880

Webster over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Webster has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #376, 1890boys
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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#6,80312
2024#7,25711
2023#8,9218
2022#5,44517
2021—
2020#6,62012
2019#6,10414
2018#5,32017
2017#8,1409
2016#5,55516
2015#9,5687
2014#6,30713
2013#6,60312
2012#7,55910
2011#8,0799
2010#8,8038
2009#12,4915
2008#7,69810
2007#9,7887
2006#8,7328
2005#11,4725
2004#5,49214
2003#10,8945
2002#4,70316
2001#7,5368
2000#4,57316
1999#4,53715
1998#4,87313
1997#3,87717
1996#6,4968
1995#5,9289
1994#3,21521
1993#3,66117
1992#4,11414
1991#3,22419
1990#3,30918
1989#2,69023
1988#2,30526
1987#2,33324
1986#2,16126
1985#1,83432
1984#1,25154
1983#2,20823
1982#3,69211
1981#1,99627
1980#3,43012
1979#3,16813
1978#2,13422
1977#2,45818
1976#2,50817
1975#2,36118
1974#2,35817
1973#1,81724
1972#2,02020
1971#1,91622
1970#2,29316
1969#1,60526
1968#1,69522
1967#1,71121
1966#1,65022
1965#1,77420
1964#1,26338
1963#1,40331
1962#1,34134
1961#1,82320
1960#1,34135
1959#1,32435
1958#1,14845
1957#1,15145
1956#1,05651
1955#1,19839
1954#1,12244
1953#1,04648
1952#1,11143
1951#1,01748
1950#1,05245
1949#93555
1948#1,09142
1947#1,00051
1946#89754
1945#1,10335
1944#85355
1943#1,08839
1942#1,11937
1941#88851
1940#1,05038
1939#97642
1938#89749
1937#85851
1936#90646
1935#90349
1934#82857
1933#83455
1932#87453
1931#83157
1930#96749
1929#87857
1928#77969
1927#89857
1926#79368
1925#72380
1924#71086
1923#70185
1922#69289
1921#81470
1920#69985
1919#66387
1918#67485
1917#68777
1916#574100
1915#562101
1914#59172
1913#58656
1912#57449
1911#53331
1910#67719
1909#67916
1908#51324
1907#48623
1906#43126
1905#54918
1904#61214
1903#57615
1902#47520
1901#53614
1900#47723
1899#58312
1898#41822
1897#68110
1896#53415
1895#50116
1894#41920
1893#53813
1892#59712
1891#56411
1890#37622
1889#46416
1888#43019
1887#54411
1886#43117
1885#49814
1884#46816
1883#38120
1882#43717
1881#8665
1880#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Webster was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2021, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Webster
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 454 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #6,803)
  • 183 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #6,803)
  • 2,765 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 429 spots in 1882 (#866 → #437)
  • Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1881 (#505 → #866)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #376 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,047
  • Highest: 1 in 5,047 boys born in 1890 were named Webster (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.7% of all boys named Webster (746) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s148#381 (1883)#502
1890s153#376 (1890)#521
1900s193#431 (1906)#533
1910s677#533 (1911)#612
1920s746#692 (1922)#769
1930s508#828 (1934)#887
1940s457#853 (1944)#1,002
1950s443#1,017 (1951)#1,123
1960s269#1,263 (1964)#1,561
1970s187#1,817 (1973)#2,303
1980s258#1,251 (1984)#2,390
1990s151#3,215 (1994)#4,323
2000s94#4,573 (2000)#8,338
2010s115#5,320 (2018)#7,204
2020s60#5,445 (2022)#7,009

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.

Webster in 1936

boys
#906
46 births · 1 in 22,548 boys

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #906Webster46
More about 1936

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 22,548 of them was named Webster, which outranked 77.6% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Webster
  1. #893Lucian47
  2. #893Lucious47
  3. #893Wayland47
  4. #906Webster46
  5. #906Chauncey46
  6. #906Cleon46
  7. #906Colin46
  8. #917Adolphus45
  9. #917Darvin45
  10. #917Hurley45

Tied with 10 names at #906; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 802Errol#1,708 → #906
  2. ↑ 644Sergio#1,584 → #940
  3. ↑ 601Brice#1,494 → #893
  4. ↑ 537Windell#1,390 → #853
  5. ↑ 529Kim#1,390 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,082Stafford#980 → #2,062
  2. ↓ 889Darwyn#750 → #1,639
  3. ↓ 461Hunter#956 → #1,417
  4. ↓ 399Orvil#844 → #1,243
  5. ↓ 370Rosendo#956 → #1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936 →