Welby
Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 372since 1893
Welby over time
Rank among boys' names. Welby has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
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| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
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| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
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| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
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| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Welby is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#445 · 1 in 4,559
Best ever in a state: #325 in Kentucky, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #445 | 5 | 1 in 4,559 |
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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 Welby
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #907 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
- 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%)
- 24.2% of all boys named Welby (90) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,098 |
| 1910s | 85 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,291 |
| 1920s | 90 | #1,980 (1921) | #2,897 |
| 1930s | 66 | #2,368 (1933) | #2,978 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,563 (1943) | #3,031 |
| 1950s | 15 | #2,770 (1950) | #2,918 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,601 |
| 1970s | 28 | #4,418 (1976) | #4,756 |
| 1980s | 7 | #5,459 (1987) | #5,459 |
| 1990s | 18 | #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 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 70,009 of them was named Welby, which outranked 55.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,063Wilma15
- #2,063York15
- #2,063Yoshito15
- #2,152Welby14
- #2,152Achille14
- #2,152Addie14
- #2,152Arthor14
- #2,265Acy13
- #2,265Aldrich13
- #2,265Alfonza13
Tied with 112 names at #2,152; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.