How Many People Are Named Werner?
people named Werner are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 275,410 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,433 babies named Werner in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
93 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Germanic name derived from warin "guard" combined with hari "army".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Werner in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Werner alive today is about 53 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 34 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Werner first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1930, to 93 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Werner has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #639, in 1930. In 2025 it ranked #8,210.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,210 |
| Best rank | #639 (1930) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #796 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Werner alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Werner were born in New York than in any other state: about 135 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Werner was given 5.6 times as often in Wisconsin, 3.9 times in Minnesota and 3.1 times in New York.
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