Werner
Boy · WER-ner · Germanic
Werner is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Werner mean?
Germanic: German, from the tribal name Warin and heri 'army'
Borne by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), known for the uncertainty principle.
- Say it
- WER-ner
Is Werner a girl's or a boy's name?
Werner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Werner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Werner, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1930, with 93 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Werner in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Werner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,363 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,337 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,057 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,169 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1940 | 51 | #881 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1938 | 51 | #869 |
| 1937 | 64 | #764 |
| 1936 | 46 | #906 |
| 1935 | 66 | #757 |
| 1934 | 45 | #942 |
| 1933 | 64 | #762 |
| 1932 | 74 | #722 |
| 1931 | 77 | #684 |
| 1930 | 93 | #634 |
| 1929 | 74 | #729 |
| 1928 | 80 | #708 |
| 1927 | 82 | #716 |
| 1926 | 83 | #694 |
| 1925 | 63 | #835 |
| 1924 | 60 | #897 |
| 1923 | 70 | #791 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 60 | #901 |
| 1920 | 71 | #792 |
| 1919 | 66 | #799 |
| 1918 | 64 | #818 |
| 1917 | 77 | #687 |
| 1916 | 79 | #662 |
| 1915 | 74 | #675 |
| 1914 | 48 | #758 |
| 1913 | 34 | #818 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
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