Welford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Welford

The Social Security Administration has registered 487 babies named Welford between 1910 and 1984, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Welford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Welford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Welford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Welford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Welford 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 487 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.