Meaning not yet researched.
Webster: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #388 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #388 in 1890; #7,165 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Webster in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,165 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #388.
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Webster: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #388 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 101 (1915).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Webster, making it the 7,165th most common boys’ name of the year, up 563 places from #7,728 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 11 boys named Webster in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #388, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 101, in 1915. For comparison, it was #10,573 in 2015 and #1,063 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Webster in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 13 babies. In all, 4,459 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 746 babies named Webster.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 116 US boys were named Webster; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 17. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Webb.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #7,165 |
| 2024 | — | — | 11 | #7,728 |
| 2023 | — | — | 8 | #9,698 |
| 2022 | — | — | 17 | #5,616 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #7,015 |
| 2019 | — | — | 14 | #6,389 |
| 2018 | — | — | 17 | #5,531 |
| 2017 | — | — | 9 | #8,794 |
| 2016 | — | — | 16 | #5,779 |
| 2015 | — | — | 7 | #10,573 |
| 2014 | — | — | 13 | #6,608 |
| 2013 | — | — | 12 | #6,997 |
| 2012 | — | — | 10 | #8,112 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,729 |
| 2010 | — | — | 8 | #9,646 |
| 2009 | — | — | 5 | #14,407 |
| 2008 | — | — | 10 | #8,286 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #10,863 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #9,546 |
| 2005 | — | — | 5 | #13,274 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,794 |
| 2003 | — | — | 5 | #12,688 |
| 2002 | — | — | 16 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,306 |
| 2000 | — | — | 16 | #4,777 |
| 1999 | — | — | 15 | #4,751 |
| 1998 | — | — | 13 | #5,151 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #4,051 |
| 1996 | — | — | 8 | #7,109 |
| 1995 | — | — | 9 | #6,387 |
| 1994 | — | — | 21 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | — | — | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1992 | — | — | 14 | #4,315 |
| 1991 | — | — | 19 | #3,322 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,458 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,777 |
| 1988 | — | — | 26 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | — | — | 24 | #2,395 |
| 1986 | — | — | 26 | #2,223 |
| 1985 | — | — | 32 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | — | — | 54 | #1,264 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,270 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1981 | — | — | 27 | #2,034 |
| 1980 | — | — | 12 | #3,606 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,348 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,202 |
| 1977 | — | — | 18 | #2,553 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,593 |
| 1975 | — | — | 18 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | — | — | 17 | #2,456 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | — | — | 20 | #2,076 |
| 1971 | — | — | 22 | #1,984 |
| 1970 | — | — | 16 | #2,394 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,640 |
| 1968 | — | — | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | — | — | 21 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | — | — | 22 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | — | — | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | — | — | 38 | #1,286 |
| 1963 | — | — | 31 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | — | — | 34 | #1,365 |
| 1961 | — | — | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1960 | — | — | 35 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | — | — | 35 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | — | — | 45 | #1,162 |
| 1957 | — | — | 45 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | — | — | 51 | #1,069 |
| 1955 | — | — | 39 | #1,216 |
| 1954 | — | — | 44 | #1,136 |
| 1953 | — | — | 48 | #1,056 |
| 1952 | — | — | 43 | #1,133 |
| 1951 | — | — | 48 | #1,038 |
| 1950 | — | — | 45 | #1,063 |
| 1949 | — | — | 55 | #941 |
| 1948 | — | — | 42 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | — | — | 51 | #1,013 |
| 1946 | — | — | 54 | #910 |
| 1945 | — | — | 35 | #1,120 |
| 1944 | — | — | 55 | #860 |
| 1943 | — | — | 39 | #1,104 |
| 1942 | — | — | 37 | #1,138 |
| 1941 | — | — | 51 | #897 |
| 1940 | — | — | 38 | #1,065 |
| 1939 | — | — | 42 | #991 |
| 1938 | — | — | 49 | #911 |
| 1937 | — | — | 51 | #867 |
| 1936 | — | — | 46 | #915 |
| 1935 | — | — | 49 | #914 |
| 1934 | — | — | 57 | #835 |
| 1933 | — | — | 55 | #842 |
| 1932 | — | — | 53 | #887 |
| 1931 | — | — | 57 | #840 |
| 1930 | — | — | 49 | #975 |
| 1929 | — | — | 57 | #887 |
| 1928 | — | — | 69 | #785 |
| 1927 | — | — | 57 | #910 |
| 1926 | — | — | 68 | #801 |
| 1925 | — | — | 80 | #729 |
| 1924 | — | — | 86 | #715 |
| 1923 | — | — | 85 | #705 |
| 1922 | — | — | 89 | #695 |
| 1921 | — | — | 70 | #823 |
| 1920 | — | — | 85 | #704 |
| 1919 | — | — | 87 | #668 |
| 1918 | — | — | 85 | #678 |
| 1917 | — | — | 77 | #692 |
| 1916 | — | — | 100 | #580 |
| 1915 | — | — | 101 | #568 |
| 1914 | — | — | 72 | #598 |
| 1913 | — | — | 56 | #591 |
| 1912 | — | — | 49 | #582 |
| 1911 | — | — | 31 | #547 |
| 1910 | — | — | 19 | #705 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #712 |
| 1908 | — | — | 24 | #521 |
| 1907 | — | — | 23 | #494 |
| 1906 | — | — | 26 | #442 |
| 1905 | — | — | 18 | #570 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #644 |
| 1903 | — | — | 15 | #594 |
| 1902 | — | — | 20 | #488 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #557 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #488 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #612 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #434 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #722 |
| 1896 | — | — | 15 | #550 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #528 |
| 1894 | — | — | 20 | #437 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #570 |
| 1892 | — | — | 12 | #639 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #593 |
| 1890 | — | — | 22 | #388 |
| 1889 | — | — | 16 | #481 |
| 1888 | — | — | 19 | #441 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #581 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #449 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #520 |
| 1884 | — | — | 16 | #486 |
| 1883 | — | — | 20 | #400 |
| 1882 | — | — | 17 | #452 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #989 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #522 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).