Welford

Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315

Peak · boys
1910 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
487
since 1910

Welford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Welford has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,589, 1910boys
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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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1984#6,3155
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1979#4,8427
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1964#3,2827
1963
1962#3,6406
1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959#2,53011
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1956#2,7989
1955#3,5056
1954#2,9428
1953#2,53110
1952#2,6809
1951#3,0667
1950#3,0217
1949#2,22512
1948#3,3166
1947#3,0967
1946#2,27111
1945#3,3385
1944#2,8627
1943#2,5639
1942#1,86715
1941#1,99713
1940#2,6718
1939#2,6098
1938#2,6468
1937#2,6808
1936#1,96413
1935#2,24611
1934#2,7428
1933#2,36810
1932#2,46510
1931#2,6519
1930#2,17813
1929#2,45211
1928#2,52211
1927#2,52311
1926#2,72510
1925#1,80619
1924#3,2608
1923#1,94117
1922#2,24014
1921#2,63211
1920#2,60211
1919#4,1685
1918#2,54311
1917#2,09114
1916#2,15213
1915#2,31011
1914
1913#2,4966
1912#2,5445
1911
1910#1,5895
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Welford! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Welford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1910 at #1,589 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1911, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 38,842
  • Highest: 1 in 38,842 boys born in 1910 were named Welford (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 360,970 boys born in 1984 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all boys named Welford (123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s70#1,589 (1910)#2,487
1920s123#1,806 (1925)#2,470
1930s98#1,964 (1936)#2,455
1940s93#1,867 (1942)#2,621
1950s67#2,530 (1959)#2,884
1960s24#3,282 (1964)#3,653
1970s7#4,842 (1979)#4,842
1980s5#6,315 (1984)#6,315

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.

Welford in 1925

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#1,806
19 births · 1 in 58,733 boys

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #1,806Welford19
More about 1925

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 58,733 of them was named Welford, which outranked 62.9% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Welford
  1. #1,745Willy20
  2. #1,745Woodie20
  3. #1,745Yoshito20
  4. #1,806Welford19
  5. #1,806Adell19
  6. #1,806Albino19
  7. #1,806Alger19
  8. #1,870Ace18
  9. #1,870Aime18
  10. #1,870Albion18

Tied with 63 names at #1,806; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 548Okey#1,532#984
  2. 494Eddy#1,492#998
  3. 422Terrence#1,223#801
  4. 371Hughie#1,355#984
  5. 363Rexford#1,287#924
Fallers
  1. 444Baxter#916#1,360
  2. 429Adelbert#817#1,246
  3. 407Jonnie#925#1,332
  4. 406Faustino#984#1,390
  5. 387Deward#859#1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925