Webster was the #6,803 boys' name in the US in 2025 (12 babies).
Webster as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#6,803 (12)
2024
#7,257 (11)
2023
#8,921 (8)
2022
#5,445 (17)
2020
#6,620 (12)
2019
#6,104 (14)
2018
#5,320 (17)
2017
#8,140 (9)
2016
#5,555 (16)
2015
#9,568 (7)
2014
#6,307 (13)
2013
#6,603 (12)
2012
#7,559 (10)
2011
#8,079 (9)
2010
#8,803 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1890 at #376.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
How common is it?
about 1 in 140,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.