Weldon
Weldon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. Its best rank was 324th, in 1920, 1932.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 410.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920325 births
- Best rank
- #324first in 1920
- Since 1881
- 14,201people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,201 boys have been named Weldon in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 325 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 85 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Weldon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | |
| 1890s | 98 | |
| 1900s | 197 | |
| 1910s | 1,597 | |
| 1920s | 2,887 | |
| 1930s | 2,394 | |
| 1940s | 2,108 | |
| 1950s | 1,629 | |
| 1960s | 1,026 | |
| 1970s | 664 | |
| 1980s | 466 | |
| 1990s | 313 | |
| 2000s | 242 | |
| 2010s | 338 | |
| 2020s | 204 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Weldon was the 324th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Weldon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arnoldpeak 1924
- Elroypeak 1922
- Vernonpeak 1920
- Delmarpeak 1931
- Lylepeak 1922
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Reynoldpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.