Welby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Welby

The Social Security Administration has registered 372 babies named Welby between 1893 and 1997, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Welby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Welby performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Welby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Welby in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Welby 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 372 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.