Weldon — #2994 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Weldon

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,201 babies named Weldon between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Weldon currently holds the #2994 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 325 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Weldon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,887 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Weldon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,686 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Weldon in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Weldon 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 14,201 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.