Meaning not yet researched.
Werner: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #639 in 1930.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #639 in 1930; #8,214 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Werner in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,214 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1930, at #639.
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Werner: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #639 in 1930 · most boys in one year: 93 (1930).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Werner, making it the 8,214th most common boys’ name of the year, up 61 places from #8,275 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 10 boys named Werner in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #639, reached in 1930. That year also had the most boys given the name: 93. For comparison, it was #8,003 in 2015 and #1,536 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Werner in 127 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1889 with 7 babies. In all, 3,433 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 696 babies named Werner.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 90 US boys were named Werner; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 14. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Verner (2,134 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Vernor are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Finnish and German. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Vernor (118).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Werner in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 10 | #8,214 |
| 2024 | — | — | 10 | #8,275 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #14,077 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #8,255 |
| 2021 | — | — | 11 | #7,555 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #7,143 |
| 2018 | — | — | 7 | #10,691 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,511 |
| 2016 | — | — | 14 | #6,326 |
| 2015 | — | — | 10 | #8,003 |
| 2014 | — | — | 8 | #9,586 |
| 2013 | — | — | 9 | #8,740 |
| 2012 | — | — | 10 | #8,114 |
| 2011 | — | — | 11 | #7,475 |
| 2010 | — | — | 6 | #12,141 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8 | #9,822 |
| 2008 | — | — | 9 | #8,983 |
| 2007 | — | — | 15 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | — | — | 7 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | — | — | 6 | #11,408 |
| 2004 | — | — | 5 | #13,141 |
| 2003 | — | — | 9 | #7,797 |
| 2002 | — | — | 11 | #6,508 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,297 |
| 2000 | — | — | 9 | #7,383 |
| 1999 | — | — | 7 | #8,670 |
| 1998 | — | — | 8 | #7,525 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #8,076 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,971 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,782 |
| 1994 | — | — | 11 | #5,435 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,612 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,855 |
| 1991 | — | — | 15 | #3,999 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,358 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,911 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #8,105 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,446 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,797 |
| 1984 | — | — | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1983 | — | — | 8 | #4,891 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,454 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1979 | — | — | 6 | #6,036 |
| 1978 | — | — | 10 | #3,845 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #4,001 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,787 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,671 |
| 1973 | — | — | 14 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | — | — | 12 | #2,986 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,554 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,210 |
| 1969 | — | — | 32 | #1,437 |
| 1968 | — | — | 26 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | — | — | 31 | #1,386 |
| 1966 | — | — | 26 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | — | — | 44 | #1,143 |
| 1964 | — | — | 43 | #1,188 |
| 1963 | — | — | 34 | #1,353 |
| 1962 | — | — | 29 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | — | — | 40 | #1,260 |
| 1960 | — | — | 53 | #1,069 |
| 1959 | — | — | 36 | #1,322 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,130 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,342 |
| 1956 | — | — | 37 | #1,284 |
| 1955 | — | — | 40 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | — | — | 26 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | — | — | 40 | #1,187 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | — | — | 26 | #1,487 |
| 1950 | — | — | 24 | #1,536 |
| 1949 | — | — | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,608 |
| 1947 | — | — | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1946 | — | — | 23 | #1,507 |
| 1945 | — | — | 25 | #1,347 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | — | — | 41 | #1,073 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,025 |
| 1941 | — | — | 34 | #1,151 |
| 1940 | — | — | 51 | #891 |
| 1939 | — | — | 39 | #1,032 |
| 1938 | — | — | 51 | #880 |
| 1937 | — | — | 64 | #770 |
| 1936 | — | — | 46 | #916 |
| 1935 | — | — | 66 | #765 |
| 1934 | — | — | 45 | #955 |
| 1933 | — | — | 64 | #769 |
| 1932 | — | — | 74 | #728 |
| 1931 | — | — | 77 | #686 |
| 1930 | — | — | 93 | #639 |
| 1929 | — | — | 74 | #733 |
| 1928 | — | — | 80 | #712 |
| 1927 | — | — | 82 | #721 |
| 1926 | — | — | 83 | #698 |
| 1925 | — | — | 63 | #842 |
| 1924 | — | — | 60 | #906 |
| 1923 | — | — | 70 | #802 |
| 1922 | — | — | 53 | #974 |
| 1921 | — | — | 60 | #911 |
| 1920 | — | — | 71 | #802 |
| 1919 | — | — | 66 | #809 |
| 1918 | — | — | 64 | #823 |
| 1917 | — | — | 77 | #693 |
| 1916 | — | — | 79 | #670 |
| 1915 | — | — | 74 | #679 |
| 1914 | — | — | 48 | #769 |
| 1913 | — | — | 34 | #832 |
| 1912 | — | — | 22 | #998 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #894 |
| 1910 | — | — | 12 | #980 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,082 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,215 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,341 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #1,000 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,087 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,196 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #1,005 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,311 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #856 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,300 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,054 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #853 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #900 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #875 |
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).