Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Weldon was most popular in 1920, when 325 American babies were given the name — ranking #691 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,916, with 46 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 14,274 people named Weldon.
Weldon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 142 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 14,274 American births named Weldon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,487 are estimated to be alive today.
46 American babies were named Weldon in 2025, ranking #5,916 that year.
Weldon is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 42 births a year, against 29 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Weldon is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 14,274 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,487 Americans named Weldon are alive today — 38% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 64 years old, and half are between 43 and 76. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
See Weldon on the interactive charts
About · Privacy · Contact
Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org