Welden — boys' name

What the Data Says About Welden

The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Welden between 1914 and 2018, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Welden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Welden performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Welden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Welden 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 98 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.