How rare is the name Werner?

3,895 people in the United States have the first name Werner, about 1 in 77,543. It ranks #4,685 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WERNER

#4,685

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,895
About
1 in 77,543
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,895 people named Werner, 78% reported their origin as White, 16.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Werner peaked in 1930, when 93 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
1930
Births that year
93
In 2025*
10 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,433 babies have been given the name since 1889. 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.

Werner by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,588. The largest share of babies named Werner, 31.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,8837
1890s#2,86521
1900s#2,32869
1910s#1,588491
1920s#1,626696
1930s#1,611619
1940s#2,640314
1950s#2,999333
1960s#3,130358
1970s#7,607115
1980s#12,18472
1990s#13,27296
2000s#16,47598
2010s#16,96298
2020s#18,91646
Before 19011%
Greatest Generation 1901–2731.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4528.9%
Baby boom 1946–6418.2%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–124.3%
2013 and later3.4%

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 Werner is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Werner has been most common in Wisconsin (6.5×), Minnesota (4.3×), and New York (3.7×), and least common in California (0.71×).

1,418 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 Werner

#4,683 Alize · 3,896#4,683 Florinda · 3,896#4,686 Monet · 3,894#4,687 Nallely · 3,893

Also a last name

As a last name, Werner ranks #1,038 of 156,621, with 33,291 people. See Werner as a last name

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