Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Welby

#8,594 most common boys' name of all time · #21,734 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1893–1997

Rank among boys
#8,594
Rank overall
#21,734 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
372
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #2,011
Best rank
#1,033 1893
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
19001920194019601980

Welby first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1997 — 5 5 #9,324
1995 — 5 5 #8,947
1993 — 8 8 #6,270
1987 — 7 7 #5,521
1976 — 7 7 #4,489
1974 — 5 5 #5,314
1973 — 6 6 #4,589
1971 — 5 5 #5,002
1970 — 5 5 #4,822
1964 — 6 6 #3,684
1951 — 7 7 #3,134
1950 — 8 8 #2,844
1948 — 5 5 #3,773
1947 — 6 6 #3,450
1945 — 7 7 #2,811
1943 — 9 9 #2,621
1942 — 8 8 #2,787
1940 — 6 6 #3,222
1939 — 8 8 #2,665
1938 — 7 7 #2,956
1937 — 9 9 #2,544
1936 — 5 5 #3,655
1934 — 5 5 #3,761
1933 — 10 10 #2,430
1932 — 6 6 #3,445
1931 — 8 8 #2,937
1930 — 8 8 #3,091
1928 — 13 13 #2,321
1927 — 9 9 #2,972
1926 — 7 7 #3,434
1925 — 11 11 #2,640
1924 — 10 10 #2,874
1923 — 6 6 #3,895
1922 — 7 7 #3,593
1921 — 17 17 #2,011
1920 — 10 10 #2,821
1919 — 14 14 #2,196
1918 — 13 13 #2,308
1917 — 10 10 #2,617
1916 — 16 16 #1,897
1915 — 8 8 #2,881
1914 — 8 8 #2,521
1913 — 11 11 #1,747
1912 — 5 5 #2,632
1902 — 5 5 #1,279
1901 — 5 5 #1,183
1893 — 6 6 #1,033