Warner
Warner is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 119 births. Its best rank was 375th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1190.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921167 births
- Best rank
- #375in 1899
- Since 1880
- 8,416people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,416 boys have been named Warner in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 167 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1930s alone account for 16%. It has spent 82 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Warner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 168 | |
| 1890s | 191 | |
| 1900s | 189 | |
| 1910s | 728 | |
| 1920s | 1,186 | |
| 1930s | 1,316 | |
| 1940s | 822 | |
| 1950s | 624 | |
| 1960s | 539 | |
| 1970s | 304 | |
| 1980s | 265 | |
| 1990s | 229 | |
| 2000s | 403 | |
| 2010s | 825 | |
| 2020s | 627 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Warner was the 474th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Warner
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merrittpeak 1924
- Emorypeak 1920
- Harveypeak 1921
- Raleighpeak 1921
- Olinpeak 1921
- Hughpeak 1916
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Ellispeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.