Webster
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,459since 1880
Webster over time
Rank among boys' names. Webster 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #1,834 | 32 |
| 1984 | #1,251 | 54 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1965 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #1,263 | 38 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | #1,324 | 35 |
| 1958 | #1,148 | 45 |
| 1957 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1956 | #1,056 | 51 |
| 1955 | #1,198 | 39 |
| 1954 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,046 | 48 |
| 1952 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | #1,052 | 45 |
| 1949 | #935 | 55 |
| 1948 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #1,000 | 51 |
| 1946 | #897 | 54 |
| 1945 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #853 | 55 |
| 1943 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,119 | 37 |
| 1941 | #888 | 51 |
| 1940 | #1,050 | 38 |
| 1939 | #976 | 42 |
| 1938 | #897 | 49 |
| 1937 | #858 | 51 |
| 1936 | #906 | 46 |
| 1935 | #903 | 49 |
| 1934 | #828 | 57 |
| 1933 | #834 | 55 |
| 1932 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #831 | 57 |
| 1930 | #967 | 49 |
| 1929 | #878 | 57 |
| 1928 | #779 | 69 |
| 1927 | #898 | 57 |
| 1926 | #793 | 68 |
| 1925 | #723 | 80 |
| 1924 | #710 | 86 |
| 1923 | #701 | 85 |
| 1922 | #692 | 89 |
| 1921 | #814 | 70 |
| 1920 | #699 | 85 |
| 1919 | #663 | 87 |
| 1918 | #674 | 85 |
| 1917 | #687 | 77 |
| 1916 | #574 | 100 |
| 1915 | #562 | 101 |
| 1914 | #591 | 72 |
| 1913 | #586 | 56 |
| 1912 | #574 | 49 |
| 1911 | #533 | 31 |
| 1910 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #513 | 24 |
| 1907 | #486 | 23 |
| 1906 | #431 | 26 |
| 1905 | #549 | 18 |
| 1904 | #612 | 14 |
| 1903 | #576 | 15 |
| 1902 | #475 | 20 |
| 1901 | #536 | 14 |
| 1900 | #477 | 23 |
| 1899 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #418 | 22 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #534 | 15 |
| 1895 | #501 | 16 |
| 1894 | #419 | 20 |
| 1893 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #376 | 22 |
| 1889 | #464 | 16 |
| 1888 | #430 | 19 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #431 | 17 |
| 1885 | #498 | 14 |
| 1884 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #381 | 20 |
| 1882 | #437 | 17 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #505 | 13 |
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.
Where Webster is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#384 · 1 in 3,387
- Pennsylvania#548 · 1 in 17,609
- New York#611 · 1 in 19,606
Best ever in a state: #173 in Maryland, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #384 | 6 | 1 in 3,387 |
| Pennsylvania | #548 | 5 | 1 in 17,609 |
| New York | #611 | 5 | 1 in 19,606 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Webster
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #376 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1939
- 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%)
- 16.7% of all boys named Webster (746) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 148 | #381 (1883) | #502 |
| 1890s | 153 | #376 (1890) | #521 |
| 1900s | 193 | #431 (1906) | #533 |
| 1910s | 677 | #533 (1911) | #612 |
| 1920s | 746 | #692 (1922) | #769 |
| 1930s | 508 | #828 (1934) | #887 |
| 1940s | 457 | #853 (1944) | #1,002 |
| 1950s | 443 | #1,017 (1951) | #1,123 |
| 1960s | 269 | #1,263 (1964) | #1,561 |
| 1970s | 187 | #1,817 (1973) | #2,303 |
| 1980s | 258 | #1,251 (1984) | #2,390 |
| 1990s | 151 | #3,215 (1994) | #4,323 |
| 2000s | 94 | #4,573 (2000) | #8,338 |
| 2010s | 115 | #5,320 (2018) | #7,204 |
| 2020s | 60 | #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 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 19,770 of them was named Webster, which outranked 81.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).