Welford
Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 487since 1910
Welford over time
Rank among boys' names. Welford has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Welford is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#273 · 1 in 2,589
Best ever in a state: #260 in Virginia, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #273 | 9 | 1 in 2,589 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Welford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1910 at #1,589 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1911, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 25.3% of all boys named Welford (123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 70 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,487 |
| 1920s | 123 | #1,806 (1925) | #2,470 |
| 1930s | 98 | #1,964 (1936) | #2,455 |
| 1940s | 93 | #1,867 (1942) | #2,621 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,530 (1959) | #2,884 |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,282 (1964) | #3,653 |
| 1970s | 7 | #4,842 (1979) | #4,842 |
| 1980s | 5 | #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
Top boys' names in 1925
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).
- #1,745Willy20
- #1,745Woodie20
- #1,745Yoshito20
- #1,806Welford19
- #1,806Adell19
- #1,806Albino19
- #1,806Alger19
- #1,870Ace18
- #1,870Aime18
- #1,870Albion18
Tied with 63 names at #1,806; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.