Webb
Webb is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 567th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192727 births
- Best rank
- #567in 1880
- Since 1880
- 1,642people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,642 boys have been named Webb in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 27 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1950s alone account for 12%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Webb | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | |
| 1890s | 65 | |
| 1900s | 33 | |
| 1910s | 170 | |
| 1920s | 183 | |
| 1930s | 133 | |
| 1940s | 151 | |
| 1950s | 195 | |
| 1960s | 95 | |
| 1970s | 59 | |
| 1980s | 58 | |
| 1990s | 60 | |
| 2000s | 67 | |
| 2010s | 193 | |
| 2020s | 106 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Webb was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Webb
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alvahpeak 1916
- Nelspeak 1918
- Ottopeak 2024
- Christpeak 1923
- Gustavpeak 1917
- Ernstpeak 1917
- Enospeak 1921
- Irapeak 1947
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.