Unisex name · since 1911
Welcome
Since 1911, U.S. Social Security records show 147 babies named Welcome, peaking in 1915. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,896 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 147
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
147 boys have been named Welcome since 1911, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Welcome has 147 recorded births among boys since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1941.
- #14,896 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 147 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Welcome ranks #14,896 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 147 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,896 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 147
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Welcome's 147 recorded births place it above 67.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Welcome's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Welcome's SSA record in two at 1923 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Welcome popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1941
- Peak year (1915)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Welcome popularity over time - girls
23 total births recorded since 1912 (Welcome as girls' name)
Welcome by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (64 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Welcome's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Welcome births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
57 births
- 1920s
1920s
64 births
- 1930s 21
1930s
21 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 64 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Welcome's data
- Welcome's decade-level peak was the 1920s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Welcome: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1911–1941 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Welcome draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.