Welton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Welton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,593 babies named Welton between 1893 and 2015, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Welton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Welton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 537 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Welton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 365 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Welton in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Welton 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 2,593 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.