first name
WELDON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,515 people named Weldon, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 18.1% as Black and 2.4% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Weldon peaked in 1920, when 325 babies got the name.
At least 14,274 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Weldon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #728. The largest share of babies named Weldon, 29.7%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Weldon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Weldon has been most common in Texas (6.4×), Oklahoma (3.4×), and North Carolina (3.2×), and least common in New York (0.19×).
9,458 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Weldon
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Weldon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Weldon ranks #2,620 of 156,621, with 13,452 people. See Weldon as a last name
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