Weldon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEL-dun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,764 for boys
Weldon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hill by a spring”. In 2025 it ranked 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Weldon mean?
English: surname from an English place name
“hill by a spring”
From an English surname taken from Weldon in Northamptonshire.
Is Weldon a girl's or a boy's name?
Weldon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Weldon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,764th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Weldon, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 325 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Weldon in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
Weldon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,863 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,216 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,241 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,177 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,144 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,144 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,035 |
| 1973 | 66 | #992 |
| 1972 | 81 | #889 |
| 1971 | 86 | #877 |
| 1970 | 77 | #910 |
| 1969 | 79 | #861 |
| 1968 | 84 | #809 |
| 1967 | 83 | #799 |
| 1966 | 99 | #740 |
| 1965 | 100 | #740 |
| 1964 | 112 | #726 |
| 1963 | 123 | #698 |
| 1962 | 106 | #744 |
| 1961 | 115 | #715 |
| 1960 | 125 | #702 |
| 1959 | 138 | #652 |
| 1958 | 144 | #640 |
| 1957 | 172 | #584 |
| 1956 | 177 | #570 |
| 1955 | 159 | #581 |
| 1954 | 144 | #613 |
| 1953 | 180 | #529 |
| 1952 | 160 | #553 |
| 1951 | 179 | #506 |
| 1950 | 176 | #503 |
| 1949 | 189 | #478 |
| 1948 | 197 | #477 |
| 1947 | 243 | #434 |
| 1946 | 201 | #448 |
| 1945 | 200 | #421 |
| 1944 | 204 | #426 |
| 1943 | 224 | #413 |
| 1942 | 230 | #399 |
| 1941 | 216 | #392 |
| 1940 | 204 | #402 |
| 1939 | 239 | #367 |
| 1938 | 225 | #374 |
| 1937 | 234 | #350 |
| 1936 | 221 | #365 |
| 1935 | 226 | #361 |
| 1934 | 236 | #358 |
| 1933 | 230 | #358 |
| 1932 | 291 | #324 |
| 1931 | 248 | #350 |
| 1930 | 244 | #366 |
| 1929 | 280 | #331 |
| 1928 | 279 | #341 |
| 1927 | 269 | #356 |
| 1926 | 310 | #325 |
| 1925 | 268 | #362 |
| 1924 | 273 | #362 |
| 1923 | 287 | #348 |
| 1922 | 316 | #326 |
| 1921 | 280 | #360 |
| 1920 | 325 | #323 |
| 1919 | 237 | #377 |
| 1918 | 216 | #402 |
| 1917 | 200 | #401 |
| 1916 | 212 | #378 |
| 1915 | 219 | #364 |
| 1914 | 174 | #353 |
| 1913 | 130 | #366 |
| 1912 | 106 | #374 |
| 1911 | 56 | #372 |
| 1910 | 47 | #376 |
| 1909 | 37 | #403 |
| 1908 | 40 | #360 |
| 1907 | 20 | #540 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 14 | #595 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 16 | #495 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Weldon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Warren, Wilson, Winston, Franklin, Nelson, Harlan, Alton, Walton, William, Leon, Walter, Stanley
Names related to Weldon
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Weldon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/weldon, updated 20 October 2026.