Weir — boys' name
46 babies named Weir in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Weir was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Weir in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Weir
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Weir between 1913 and 1929, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Weir currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Weir performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Weir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Weir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 46 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Weir at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Weir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1913
- Peak year (1923)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
46 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 10 births in a single year.
Weir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 23 births that decade — 50% of Weir's all-time total
Weir decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Weir's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.