Warner
Warner was given to 137 boys in 2025, #1,365 among boys’ names; 8,633 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,140 Americans named Warner and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 9 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Warner by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Warner mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Warner is “a male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.”
English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener.
As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Murnáin (“descendant of Murnán”); see Murnane.
/ˈwɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Warner?
#1,365 among boys’ names, 2025
Warner rose from #1,891 in 2015 to #1,365 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 40.7 to 80.2 per million.
167 babies in 1921, the peak
Warner peaked in 1921, when 167 boys were given it, #474 among boys’ names. The 144 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 86% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #1,365 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,501 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 128 | #1,431 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 127 | #1,439 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 139 | #1,338 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 114 | #1,496 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,623 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 135 | #1,342 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,497 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 83 | #1,826 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 78 | #1,891 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,041 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,275 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,938 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,586 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,095 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,249 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,580 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,128 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,828 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,896 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,836 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 44 | #2,421 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,875 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,611 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 29 | #3,065 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,269 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,836 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #4,045 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 25 | #3,011 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,837 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,098 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,448 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,737 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,315 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,546 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,136 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,829 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,282 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,502 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,360 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,860 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,105 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,763 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,152 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,832 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,129 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,051 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,557 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,932 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,610 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 35 | #1,451 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,351 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,311 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,264 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,059 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,072 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,127 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,093 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 70 | #897 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 81 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 63 | #978 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 65 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 60 | #1,001 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 70 | #904 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,061 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 67 | #915 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 65 | #930 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 57 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 68 | #876 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 79 | #792 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 53 | #969 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 53 | #957 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 68 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 78 | #772 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 81 | #767 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 73 | #780 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 75 | #707 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 81 | #696 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 88 | #690 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 81 | #717 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 88 | #653 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 109 | #573 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 118 | #529 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 135 | #501 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 147 | #461 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 136 | #486 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 165 | #445 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 160 | #446 | 0.15 |
| 1933 | 130 | #493 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 124 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 96 | #604 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 105 | #590 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 118 | #542 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 91 | #660 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 92 | #667 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 103 | #620 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 93 | #667 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 125 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 117 | #581 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 122 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 167 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 158 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 107 | #583 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 108 | #588 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 91 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 111 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 86 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 73 | #590 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 61 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 52 | #560 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 20 | #731 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 19 | #704 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 21 | #588 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 19 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 26 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1906 | 17 | #589 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 17 | #591 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 22 | #465 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 24 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 10 | #789 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 13 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 20 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 25 | #375 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 21 | #450 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 15 | #552 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 25 | #398 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 13 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 16 | #520 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 15 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 24 | #393 | 0.20 |
| 1891 | 15 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 22 | #387 | 0.20 |
| 1889 | 23 | #378 | 0.21 |
| 1888 | 23 | #397 | 0.19 |
| 1887 | 12 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 18 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 17 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 22 | #384 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 18 | #432 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 15 | #488 | 0.13 |
| 1881 | 10 | #590 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 10 | #637 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Warner a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Warner has been given almost only to boys: 79 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Warner: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Warner, and how old are they?
4,140 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 8,633 Americans ever recorded as Warner. The median Warner alive today is 29 years old; half are between 9 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 4,082 people named Warner (141 women and girls, 3,941 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,877 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 371 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 830 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 480 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 380 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 646 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,430 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Warner born?
The states with the most babies named Warner are California, Virginia and Texas, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 336 | #1,821 | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 296 | #965 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 286 | #2,068 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 220 | #1,105 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 195 | #1,210 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 182 | #838 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 164 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 161 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 133 | #985 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 132 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Warner is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Warner is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Warner with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Warner
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Warner and names like it
- Compare Warner and HarveyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWarner peaked in 1921.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Warner since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Warner: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Warner.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Warner alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with WMost given first.