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

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Peak · boys
1920 · 325 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,249
since 1881

Weldon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Weldon has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #323, 1920boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,76546
2024—#2,95842
2023—#2,66049
2022—#2,87344
2021—#3,58231
2020—#2,92540
2019—#2,69447
2018—#3,24035
2017—#2,67246
2016—#2,78343
2015—#3,51331
2014—#3,23434
2013—#3,49730
2012—#4,39022
2011—#3,79227
2010—#4,24123
2009—#5,33417
2008—#4,54021
2007—#4,24323
2006—#3,15334
2005—#3,31930
2004—#3,86023
2003—#4,11420
2002—#3,55424
2001—#3,14328
2000—#3,64022
1999—#2,86529
1998—#3,59720
1997—#2,54631
1996—#2,91125
1995—#2,84725
1994—#1,86845
1993—#1,96941
1992—#2,59927
1991—#1,95239
1990—#2,25531
1989—#1,79342
1988—#1,73140
1987—#1,73438
1986—#1,53543
1985—#1,45246
1984—#1,45843
1983—#1,27552
1982—#1,21758
1981—#1,27052
1980—#1,29152
1979—#1,24155
1978—#1,17757
1977—#1,14458
1976—#1,14456
1975—#1,01965
1974—#1,03563
1973—#99266
1972—#88981
1971—#87786
1970—#91077
1969—#86179
1968—#80984
1967—#79983
1966—#74099
1965—#740100
1964—#726112
1963—#698123
1962—#744106
1961—#716115
1960—#703125
1959—#653138
1958—#641144
1957—#585172
1956—#571177
1955—#582159
1954—#614144
1953—#530180
1952—#554160
1951—#507179
1950—#504176
1949—#479189
1948—#477197
1947—#434243
1946—#448201
1945—#421200
1944—#426204
1943—#413224
1942—#399230
1941—#392216
1940—#402204
1939—#367239
1938—#374225
1937—#350234
1936—#365221
1935—#361226
1934—#358236
1933—#358230
1932—#324291
1931#4,3315#350248
1930—#366244
1929—#331280
1928—#341279
1927—#356269
1926—#325310
1925—#362268
1924#3,14410#362273
1923—#348287
1922#5,0095#326316
1921—#360280
1920—#323325
1919—#377237
1918#4,8095#402216
1917—#401200
1916—#378212
1915—#364219
1914—#353174
1913—#366130
1912—#374106
1911—#37256
1910—#37647
1909—#40337
1908—#36040
1907—#54020
1906—#47222
1905—#52519
1904—#61214
1903—#59514
1902—#74410
1901—#7798
1900—#69913
1899—#66110
1898—#70110
1897—#49516
1896—#59213
1895—#1,0795
1894—#63111
1893—#65010
1892—#68810
1891—#9635
1890—#7398
1889—#9745
1888—#64810
1887——
1886—#9595
1885——
1884—#7647
1883—#7996
1882——
1881—#8665
1880——
First appearance
1881

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.

Where Weldon is popular in 1901

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Weldon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1920 at #323 (325 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1896–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,275
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Weldon (2,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#648 (1888)#835
1890s98#495 (1897)#720
1900s197#360 (1908)#573
1910s1,597#353 (1914)#376
1920s2,887#323 (1920)#343
1930s2,394#324 (1932)#357
1940s2,108#392 (1941)#429
1950s1,629#504 (1950)#574
1960s1,026#698 (1963)#754
1970s664#877 (1971)#1,043
1980s466#1,217 (1982)#1,476
1990s313#1,868 (1994)#2,541
2000s242#3,143 (2001)#3,890
2010s338#2,672 (2017)#3,406
2020s252#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 1901

boys
#779
8 births · 1 in 13,308 boys

Top boys' names in 1901

  1. #1John6,900
  2. #2William5,990
  3. #3James4,735
  4. #4George3,609
  5. #5Charles3,049
  6. #6Joseph2,766
  7. #7Robert2,543
  8. #8Frank2,402
  9. #9Edward1,917
  10. #10Henry1,870
  11. #779Weldon8
More about 1901

boys

106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 13,308 of them was named Weldon, which outranked 35.6% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Weldon
  1. #727Toy9
  2. #727Unknown9
  3. #727Winford9
  4. #779Weldon8
  5. #779Abram8
  6. #779Acie8
  7. #779Algie8
  8. #858Addie7
  9. #858Allison7
  10. #858Almon7

Tied with 78 names at #779; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. ↑ 751Andres#1,310 → #559
  2. ↑ 714Ellwood#1,310 → #596
  3. ↑ 696Kermit#1,162 → #466
  4. ↑ 675Julia#1,162 → #487
  5. ↑ 673Kirk#1,310 → #637
Fallers
  1. ↓ 628Judge#430 → #1,058
  2. ↓ 568Lonzo#490 → #1,058
  3. ↓ 513Travis#430 → #943
  4. ↓ 503Hector#555 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 480Admiral#578 → #1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1901 →