Welton
Last seen for boys in 2015 at #8,744
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,594since 1893
Welton over time
Rank among boys' names. Welton has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #1,510 | 27 |
| 1963 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,234 | 40 |
| 1956 | #1,171 | 42 |
| 1955 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,091 | 45 |
| 1952 | #1,136 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,261 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 44 |
| 1949 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1947 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,145 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1940 | #1,050 | 38 |
| 1939 | #1,033 | 38 |
| 1938 | #1,109 | 34 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,011 | 40 |
| 1934 | #917 | 47 |
| 1933 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,110 | 37 |
| 1931 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #995 | 46 |
| 1928 | #1,057 | 43 |
| 1927 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #860 | 62 |
| 1922 | #928 | 56 |
| 1921 | #901 | 60 |
| 1920 | #835 | 65 |
| 1919 | #918 | 53 |
| 1918 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | #892 | 51 |
| 1916 | #939 | 46 |
| 1915 | #1,124 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Welton! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Welton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 386 spots in 1914 (#835 → #1,221)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1904 at #810 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1919–1925
- Highest: 1 in 14,236 boys born in 1904 were named Welton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 239,593 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 20.7% of all boys named Welton (537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 42 | #810 (1904) | #1,080 |
| 1910s | 322 | #835 (1913) | #1,038 |
| 1920s | 537 | #823 (1924) | #948 |
| 1930s | 370 | #917 (1934) | #1,089 |
| 1940s | 372 | #1,019 (1941) | #1,122 |
| 1950s | 375 | #1,064 (1950) | #1,240 |
| 1960s | 221 | #1,426 (1963) | #1,749 |
| 1970s | 159 | #1,982 (1973) | #2,593 |
| 1980s | 98 | #3,482 (1982) | #4,238 |
| 1990s | 53 | #4,167 (1990) | #7,117 |
| 2000s | 24 | #8,456 (2002) | #10,019 |
| 2010s | 15 | #8,744 (2015) | #9,219 |
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.
Welton in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 25,826 of them was named Welton, which outranked 78.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,050Marcelino44
- #1,050Orland44
- #1,050Weston44
- #1,064Welton43
- #1,064Alec43
- #1,064Chas43
- #1,064Christy43
- #1,092Annie42
- #1,092Arland42
- #1,092Arnulfo42
Tied with 27 names at #1,064; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.