Webster
Webster was given to 12 boys in 2025, #7,161 among boys’ names; 4,459 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,590 Americans named Webster and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (36% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 36 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Webster by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Webster?
#7,161 among boys’ names, 2025
Webster rose from #10,567 in 2015 to #7,161 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.7 to 7.0 per million.
101 babies in 1915, the peak
Webster peaked in 1915, when 101 boys were given it, #568 among boys’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #7,161 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,723 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,693 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,612 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #7,010 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,384 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,527 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,789 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,775 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 7 | #10,567 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | #6,603 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,992 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #8,106 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,722 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,639 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #14,400 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #8,281 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #10,857 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #9,540 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #13,266 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,788 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #12,680 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,896 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,299 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,770 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,745 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #5,145 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #4,046 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 8 | #7,102 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 9 | #6,380 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,314 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,805 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,308 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,316 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,452 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,771 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,357 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,391 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,221 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,269 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,956 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 27 | #2,033 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,605 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,347 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,202 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,552 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,592 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,446 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,454 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,869 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,076 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,983 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,393 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,639 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,729 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,756 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,682 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,804 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,285 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,424 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,364 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,872 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,357 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,335 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,161 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,163 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,068 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,215 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,135 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,055 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,132 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,037 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,062 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 55 | #940 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,105 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,012 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 54 | #910 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,119 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 55 | #860 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,104 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,138 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 51 | #897 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,065 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 42 | #991 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 49 | #911 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 51 | #867 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 46 | #915 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 49 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 57 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 55 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 53 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 57 | #840 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 49 | #975 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 57 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 69 | #785 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 57 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 68 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 80 | #729 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 86 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 85 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 89 | #695 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 70 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 85 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 87 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 85 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 77 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 100 | #580 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 101 | #568 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 72 | #598 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 56 | #591 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 49 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 31 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 19 | #705 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 16 | #712 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 24 | #521 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 23 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 26 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 18 | #570 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 14 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 15 | #594 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 20 | #488 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 14 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 23 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 12 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 22 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 10 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 15 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 16 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 20 | #437 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 13 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 12 | #638 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 11 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 22 | #388 | 0.20 |
| 1889 | 16 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 19 | #441 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 11 | #581 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 17 | #449 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 14 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 16 | #486 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 20 | #400 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 17 | #452 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 5 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 13 | #522 | 0.12 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Webster a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Webster has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Webster: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Webster, and how old are they?
1,590 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 36% of the 4,459 Americans ever recorded as Webster. The median Webster alive today is 55 years old; half are between 36 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,769 people named Webster (20 women and girls, 1,749 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,779 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 157 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 518 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 272 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 333 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 163 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 147 |
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 Webster born?
The states with the most babies named Webster are Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Alabama, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 168 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 73 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 72 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 72 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Mississippi | 68 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 68 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Maryland | 56 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 45 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 35 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Webster is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Webster is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.1 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 Webster 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 Webster
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 Webster and names like it
- Compare Webster and HilliardBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sWebster peaked in 1915.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Webster since 1910.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Webster.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Webster alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.