Welcome

Boy · recorded 1911–1941

  • 1941last recorded
  • 1911best year

Most popular in 1911.

Last recorded in 1941. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Welcome.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1911

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 19 recorded years as a table
Welcome, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191127
191214
191310
191514
191613
191710
19197
19205
192210
19235
192410
19255
19268
19275
19299
19309
19356
19395
19414

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Welcome isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1941
5
Rank in 1941
#3,505
How rare
1 in 245,663 boys
Since 1911
147

Welcome was last recorded in 1941. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1911, at 27 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Welcome doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.