Welker — boys' name
10 babies named Welker in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Welker was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Welker in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Welker
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Welker between 2012 and 2023, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Welker currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Welker performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Welker shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Welker 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 10 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.
Welker at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Welker popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
10 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 5 births in a single year.
Welker by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Welker's all-time total
Welker decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Welker's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.