Weldon
Weldon was given to 46 boys in 2025, #2,792 among boys’ names; 14,274 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,260 Americans named Weldon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 41 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Weldon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Weldon?
#2,792 among boys’ names, 2025
Weldon rose from #3,585 in 2015 to #2,792 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 16.2 to 26.9 per million.
325 babies in 1920, the peak
Weldon peaked in 1920, when 325 boys were given it, #324 among boys’ names. The 46 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,792 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,996 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,689 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,915 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,646 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,976 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,733 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,295 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,712 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,835 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31 | #3,585 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,293 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,574 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,521 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,880 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,359 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,540 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,700 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,362 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,215 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,380 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,992 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,265 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,660 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,217 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,752 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,933 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,697 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,607 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 25 | #3,012 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,915 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,886 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,000 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,659 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,974 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,297 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,823 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,757 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,561 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,481 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,479 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,227 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,185 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,157 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 66 | #1,002 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 81 | #893 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 86 | #883 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 77 | #916 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 79 | #870 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 84 | #812 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 83 | #801 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 99 | #746 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 100 | #743 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 112 | #728 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 123 | #702 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 106 | #745 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 115 | #717 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 125 | #702 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 138 | #655 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 144 | #642 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 172 | #585 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 177 | #571 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 159 | #581 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 144 | #615 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 180 | #530 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 160 | #553 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 179 | #508 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 176 | #504 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 189 | #478 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 197 | #477 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 243 | #434 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 201 | #449 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 200 | #422 | 0.15 |
| 1944 | 204 | #427 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 224 | #413 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 230 | #400 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 216 | #394 | 0.18 |
| 1940 | 204 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 239 | #367 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 225 | #374 | 0.20 |
| 1937 | 234 | #351 | 0.22 |
| 1936 | 221 | #366 | 0.21 |
| 1935 | 226 | #362 | 0.22 |
| 1934 | 236 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1933 | 230 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1932 | 291 | #324 | 0.28 |
| 1931 | 248 | #351 | 0.24 |
| 1930 | 244 | #366 | 0.22 |
| 1929 | 280 | #331 | 0.26 |
| 1928 | 279 | #341 | 0.25 |
| 1927 | 269 | #356 | 0.24 |
| 1926 | 310 | #326 | 0.28 |
| 1925 | 268 | #362 | 0.24 |
| 1924 | 273 | #363 | 0.24 |
| 1923 | 287 | #349 | 0.26 |
| 1922 | 316 | #326 | 0.29 |
| 1921 | 280 | #360 | 0.25 |
| 1920 | 325 | #324 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 237 | #377 | 0.24 |
| 1918 | 216 | #403 | 0.21 |
| 1917 | 200 | #402 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 212 | #379 | 0.24 |
| 1915 | 219 | #364 | 0.26 |
| 1914 | 174 | #356 | 0.27 |
| 1913 | 130 | #366 | 0.25 |
| 1912 | 106 | #376 | 0.25 |
| 1911 | 56 | #378 | 0.25 |
| 1910 | 47 | #382 | 0.24 |
| 1909 | 37 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1908 | 40 | #364 | 0.26 |
| 1907 | 20 | #558 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 22 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 19 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 14 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 14 | #618 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 10 | #790 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 8 | #854 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 13 | #736 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 10 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 10 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 16 | #514 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 13 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,231 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 11 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 10 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 10 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,119 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 8 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,106 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 10 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,101 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 7 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 6 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 5 | #989 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Weldon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Weldon has been given almost only to boys: 25 girls in 142 years of records.
Girls and boys named Weldon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Weldon, and how old are they?
5,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 14,274 Americans ever recorded as Weldon. The median Weldon alive today is 63 years old; half are between 41 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 5,515 people named Weldon (36 women and girls, 5,479 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,065 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 770 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,950 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,020 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 613 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 387 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 514 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Weldon born?
The states with the most babies named Weldon are Texas, North Carolina and Oklahoma, with 64% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,696 | #1,750 | 5.5× |
| North Carolina | 867 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Oklahoma | 445 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Virginia | 315 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 311 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 272 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| California | 266 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 260 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 250 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 218 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Weldon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Weldon is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Weldon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 14,372 babies since 1880, Weldon is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 46 of their 46 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Weldon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Weldon and names like it
- Compare Weldon and WeldenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWeldon peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Weldon since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Weldon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Weldon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.