Welby

Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265

Peak · boys
1893 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
372
since 1893

Welby over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Welby has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #907, 1893boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1997#9,2655
1996
1995#8,8685
1994
1993#6,2288
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1987#5,4597
1986
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1976#4,4187
1975
1974#5,2275
1973#4,5056
1972
1971#4,9075
1970#4,7245
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1964#3,6016
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1951#3,0667
1950#2,7708
1949
1948#3,6685
1947#3,3706
1946
1945#2,7437
1944
1943#2,5639
1942#2,7128
1941
1940#3,1306
1939#2,6098
1938#2,8687
1937#2,4799
1936#3,5495
1935
1934#3,6795
1933#2,36810
1932#3,3616
1931#2,8648
1930#3,0228
1929
1928#2,27013
1927#2,9129
1926#3,3857
1925#2,58811
1924#2,82210
1923#3,8226
1922#3,5327
1921#1,98017
1920#2,76510
1919#2,15214
1918#2,26013
1917#2,56210
1916#1,84916
1915#2,8298
1914#2,4578
1913#1,67611
1912#2,5445
1911
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1902#1,1375
1901#1,0585
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1893#9076
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Welby! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Welby
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1893 at #907 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,720
  • Highest: 1 in 18,720 boys born in 1893 were named Welby (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 377,028 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.2% of all boys named Welby (90) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#907 (1893)#907
1900s10#1,058 (1901)#1,098
1910s85#1,676 (1913)#2,291
1920s90#1,980 (1921)#2,897
1930s66#2,368 (1933)#2,978
1940s41#2,563 (1943)#3,031
1950s15#2,770 (1950)#2,918
1960s6#3,601 (1964)#3,601
1970s28#4,418 (1976)#4,756
1980s7#5,459 (1987)#5,459
1990s18#6,228 (1993)#8,120

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.

Welby in 1893

boys
#907
6 births · 1 in 18,720 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #907Welby6
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Welby, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Welby
  1. #836Willian7
  2. #836Worth7
  3. #836Yee7
  4. #907Welby6
  5. #907Agnes6
  6. #907Albion6
  7. #907Alfredo6
  8. #1,035Addie5
  9. #1,035Adelard5
  10. #1,035Adolfo5

Tied with 127 names at #907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893