Weldon
Last seen for girls in 1931 at #4,331 · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1920 · 325 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,249since 1881
Weldon over time
Rank among boys' names. Weldon has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,765 | 46 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,958 | 42 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,660 | 49 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,873 | 44 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,582 | 31 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,925 | 40 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,694 | 47 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,240 | 35 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,672 | 46 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,783 | 43 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,513 | 31 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,234 | 34 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,390 | 22 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,792 | 27 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,153 | 34 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,860 | 23 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,554 | 24 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,640 | 22 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,546 | 31 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,868 | 45 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,599 | 27 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,952 | 39 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,255 | 31 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,793 | 42 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,731 | 40 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,734 | 38 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,452 | 46 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,458 | 43 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,275 | 52 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,217 | 58 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,291 | 52 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,241 | 55 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,177 | 57 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,144 | 58 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,144 | 56 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,019 | 65 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,035 | 63 | |
| 1973 | — | #992 | 66 | |
| 1972 | — | #889 | 81 | |
| 1971 | — | #877 | 86 | |
| 1970 | — | #910 | 77 | |
| 1969 | — | #861 | 79 | |
| 1968 | — | #809 | 84 | |
| 1967 | — | #799 | 83 | |
| 1966 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1965 | — | #740 | 100 | |
| 1964 | — | #726 | 112 | |
| 1963 | — | #698 | 123 | |
| 1962 | — | #744 | 106 | |
| 1961 | — | #716 | 115 | |
| 1960 | — | #703 | 125 | |
| 1959 | — | #653 | 138 | |
| 1958 | — | #641 | 144 | |
| 1957 | — | #585 | 172 | |
| 1956 | — | #571 | 177 | |
| 1955 | — | #582 | 159 | |
| 1954 | — | #614 | 144 | |
| 1953 | — | #530 | 180 | |
| 1952 | — | #554 | 160 | |
| 1951 | — | #507 | 179 | |
| 1950 | — | #504 | 176 | |
| 1949 | — | #479 | 189 | |
| 1948 | — | #477 | 197 | |
| 1947 | — | #434 | 243 | |
| 1946 | — | #448 | 201 | |
| 1945 | — | #421 | 200 | |
| 1944 | — | #426 | 204 | |
| 1943 | — | #413 | 224 | |
| 1942 | — | #399 | 230 | |
| 1941 | — | #392 | 216 | |
| 1940 | — | #402 | 204 | |
| 1939 | — | #367 | 239 | |
| 1938 | — | #374 | 225 | |
| 1937 | — | #350 | 234 | |
| 1936 | — | #365 | 221 | |
| 1935 | — | #361 | 226 | |
| 1934 | — | #358 | 236 | |
| 1933 | — | #358 | 230 | |
| 1932 | — | #324 | 291 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #350 | 248 |
| 1930 | — | #366 | 244 | |
| 1929 | — | #331 | 280 | |
| 1928 | — | #341 | 279 | |
| 1927 | — | #356 | 269 | |
| 1926 | — | #325 | 310 | |
| 1925 | — | #362 | 268 | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #362 | 273 |
| 1923 | — | #348 | 287 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #326 | 316 |
| 1921 | — | #360 | 280 | |
| 1920 | — | #323 | 325 | |
| 1919 | — | #377 | 237 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #402 | 216 |
| 1917 | — | #401 | 200 | |
| 1916 | — | #378 | 212 | |
| 1915 | — | #364 | 219 | |
| 1914 | — | #353 | 174 | |
| 1913 | — | #366 | 130 | |
| 1912 | — | #374 | 106 | |
| 1911 | — | #372 | 56 | |
| 1910 | — | #376 | 47 | |
| 1909 | — | #403 | 37 | |
| 1908 | — | #360 | 40 | |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | — | #472 | 22 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Weldon! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Weldon
- 193 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,765)
- 160 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #2,765)
- 748 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #2,765)
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #592)
- Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1895 (#631 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1920 at #323 (325 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1896–1973
- Highest: 1 in 3,275 boys born in 1920 were named Weldon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.3% of all boys named Weldon (2,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | #648 (1888) | #835 |
| 1890s | 98 | #495 (1897) | #720 |
| 1900s | 197 | #360 (1908) | #573 |
| 1910s | 1,597 | #353 (1914) | #376 |
| 1920s | 2,887 | #323 (1920) | #343 |
| 1930s | 2,394 | #324 (1932) | #357 |
| 1940s | 2,108 | #392 (1941) | #429 |
| 1950s | 1,629 | #504 (1950) | #574 |
| 1960s | 1,026 | #698 (1963) | #754 |
| 1970s | 664 | #877 (1971) | #1,043 |
| 1980s | 466 | #1,217 (1982) | #1,476 |
| 1990s | 313 | #1,868 (1994) | #2,541 |
| 2000s | 242 | #3,143 (2001) | #3,890 |
| 2010s | 338 | #2,672 (2017) | #3,406 |
| 2020s | 252 | #2,660 (2023) | #2,961 |
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.
Weldon in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Weldon, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 4,692 of them was named Weldon, which outranked 91.6% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).