Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Webb

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Webb
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

37%

2024

All-time

1,642

Webb has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 27 boys were named Webb.

In 2024, only 17 boys were given the name.

Down 37% from its peak.

All told, about 1,642 Americans have been named Webb and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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