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.

Weldon

#975 most common boys' name of all time · #2,273 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#975
Rank overall
#2,273 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
14,274
Since 2016
423
Peak year
1920 #324
Best rank
#324 1920
Girls Boys peak 325/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Weldon first appears in 1881. 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
2025 — 46 46 #2,768
2024 — 42 42 #2,962
2023 — 49 49 #2,662
2022 — 44 44 #2,879
2021 — 31 31 #3,589
2020 — 40 40 #2,928
2019 — 47 47 #2,695
2018 — 35 35 #3,248
2017 — 46 46 #2,675
2016 — 43 43 #2,787
2015 — 31 31 #3,515
2014 — 34 34 #3,237
2013 — 30 30 #3,502
2012 — 22 22 #4,393
2011 — 27 27 #3,799
2010 — 23 23 #4,249
2009 — 17 17 #5,342
2008 — 21 21 #4,545
2007 — 23 23 #4,251
2006 — 34 34 #3,156
2005 — 30 30 #3,326
2004 — 23 23 #3,865
2003 — 20 20 #4,125
2002 — 24 24 #3,558
2001 — 28 28 #3,152
2000 — 22 22 #3,650
1999 — 29 29 #2,870
1998 — 20 20 #3,605
1997 — 31 31 #2,552
1996 — 25 25 #2,922
1995 — 25 25 #2,857
1994 — 45 45 #1,869
1993 — 41 41 #1,972
1992 — 27 27 #2,606
1991 — 39 39 #1,959
1990 — 31 31 #2,260
1989 — 42 42 #1,798
1988 — 40 40 #1,739
1987 — 38 38 #1,734
1986 — 43 43 #1,541
1985 — 46 46 #1,459
1984 — 43 43 #1,465
1983 — 52 52 #1,280
1982 — 58 58 #1,217
1981 — 52 52 #1,274
1980 — 52 52 #1,300
1979 — 55 55 #1,243
1978 — 57 57 #1,177
1977 — 58 58 #1,147
1976 — 56 56 #1,149
1975 — 65 65 #1,022
1974 — 63 63 #1,040
1973 — 66 66 #996
1972 — 81 81 #890
1971 — 86 86 #878
1970 — 77 77 #911
1969 — 79 79 #864
1968 — 84 84 #810
1967 — 83 83 #801
1966 — 99 99 #742
1965 — 100 100 #743
1964 — 112 112 #727
1963 — 123 123 #702
1962 — 106 106 #745
1961 — 115 115 #717
1960 — 125 125 #703
1959 — 138 138 #655
1958 — 144 144 #642
1957 — 172 172 #585
1956 — 177 177 #572
1955 — 159 159 #582
1954 — 144 144 #615
1953 — 180 180 #530
1952 — 160 160 #554
1951 — 179 179 #509
1950 — 176 176 #504
1949 — 189 189 #479
1948 — 197 197 #477
1947 — 243 243 #434
1946 — 201 201 #449
1945 — 200 200 #421
1944 — 204 204 #427
1943 — 224 224 #413
1942 — 230 230 #400
1941 — 216 216 #393
1940 — 204 204 #403
1939 — 239 239 #367
1938 — 225 225 #374
1937 — 234 234 #351
1936 — 221 221 #366
1935 — 226 226 #362
1934 — 236 236 #358
1933 — 230 230 #358
1932 — 291 291 #324
1931 5 248 253 #351
1930 — 244 244 #366
1929 — 280 280 #331
1928 — 279 279 #341
1927 — 269 269 #356
1926 — 310 310 #326
1925 — 268 268 #362
1924 10 273 283 #363
1923 — 287 287 #349
1922 5 316 321 #326
1921 — 280 280 #360
1920 — 325 325 #324
1919 — 237 237 #377
1918 5 216 221 #403
1917 — 200 200 #402
1916 — 212 212 #379
1915 — 219 219 #364
1914 — 174 174 #356
1913 — 130 130 #366
1912 — 106 106 #376
1911 — 56 56 #377
1910 — 47 47 #379
1909 — 37 37 #406
1908 — 40 40 #364
1907 — 20 20 #555
1906 — 22 22 #487
1905 — 19 19 #545
1904 — 14 14 #634
1903 — 14 14 #614
1902 — 10 10 #782
1901 — 8 8 #830
1900 — 13 13 #732
1899 — 10 10 #706
1898 — 10 10 #734
1897 — 16 16 #513
1896 — 13 13 #636
1895 — 5 5 #1,159
1894 — 11 11 #664
1893 — 10 10 #697
1892 — 10 10 #740
1891 — 5 5 #1,055
1890 — 8 8 #804
1889 — 5 5 #1,053
1888 — 10 10 #698
1886 — 5 5 #1,041
1884 — 7 7 #827
1883 — 6 6 #871
1881 — 5 5 #993