Webster
Webster is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 388th, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1915101 births
- Best rank
- #388in 1890
- Since 1880
- 4,446people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,446 boys have been named Webster in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 101 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 101 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 64 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Webster | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 148 | |
| 1890s | 153 | |
| 1900s | 193 | |
| 1910s | 677 | |
| 1920s | 746 | |
| 1930s | 508 | |
| 1940s | 457 | |
| 1950s | 442 | |
| 1960s | 269 | |
| 1970s | 187 | |
| 1980s | 258 | |
| 1990s | 151 | |
| 2000s | 94 | |
| 2010s | 115 | |
| 2020s | 48 |
In 1915, its biggest year
Webster was the 568th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1915 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with Webster
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rufuspeak 1922
- Monroepeak 1921
- Sampeak 1918
- Lutherpeak 1922
- Lonzopeak 1919
- Homerpeak 1920
- Claudepeak 1920
- Barneypeak 1919
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.