Welborn — boys' name
119 babies named Welborn in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Welborn was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Welborn in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Welborn
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Welborn between 1914 and 1951, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Welborn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Welborn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Welborn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Welborn 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 119 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.
Welborn at a glance
Last recorded 1951Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Welborn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1914
- Peak year (1916)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1951.
119 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 9 births in a single year.
Welborn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 45 births that decade — 38% of Welborn's all-time total
Welborn decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Welborn's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1914–1951 (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.