Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Webster

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1915

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

101

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

89.1%

2024

All-time

4,446

Webster is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 101 boys were named Webster.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 89.1% from its peak.

All told, about 4,446 Americans have been named Webster and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1915

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