Welton
Welton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 837th, in 1924.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192467 births
- Best rank
- #837in 1924
- Since 1893
- 2,593people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,593 boys have been named Welton in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 67 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 67 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Welton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 42 | |
| 1910s | 322 | |
| 1920s | 537 | |
| 1930s | 370 | |
| 1940s | 372 | |
| 1950s | 375 | |
| 1960s | 220 | |
| 1970s | 159 | |
| 1980s | 98 | |
| 1990s | 53 | |
| 2000s | 24 | |
| 2010s | 15 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Welton was the 837th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Welton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Glenwoodpeak 1920
- Garvinpeak 1921
- Malvinpeak 1921
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Reynoldpeak 1922
- Weldonpeak 1920
- Odellpeak 1922
- Leamonpeak 1921
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.