Webb vs Webster
American parents have registered 4,459 Websters since 1880, against 1,658 Webbs. But in 2025 it was Webb that was commoner, 16 babies to 12.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Webb Webster
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Webster for 124 years and Webb for 22 years. The lead changed hands 11 times.
Side by side
| Webb | Webster | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,658 | 4,459 |
| Most in one year | 27 | 101 |
| Babies in 2025 | 16 | 12 |
| Estimated living today | 840 | 1,600 |
| Median age today | 32 | 55 |
| Peak year | 1927 | 1915 |
| Best rank | 1,436th boys | 562nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,608th | 6,803rd |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,658 | 0 / 4,459 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Websters alive today are over 55; half the Webbs are over 32. That is 23 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Compare something else
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Webb and Webster.