How Many People Are Named Weldon?
people named Weldon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 63,352 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,274 babies named Weldon in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
325 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill near a spring" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Weldon in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Weldon alive today is about 56 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Weldon first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1920, to 325 babies. In 2025, 46 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Weldon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #324, in 1920 and 1932. In 2025 it ranked #2,792.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,792 |
| Best rank | #324 (1920 and 1932) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #341 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Weldon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Weldon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,758 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Weldon was given 8.6 times as often in Texas, 2.9 times in North Carolina and 2.6 times in Oklahoma.
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