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Werner

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Werner is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 639th, in 1930.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
100.00% of boys
Peak year
193093 births
Best rank
#639in 1930
Since 1889
3,423people given the name
Babies named Werner, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,423 boys have been named Werner in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 93 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Werner
1880s7
1890s21
1900s69
1910s491
1920s696
1930s619
1940s314
1950s333
1960s358
1970s115
1980s72
1990s96
2000s98
2010s98
2020s36

In 1930, its biggest year

Werner was the 639th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1930 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1930.

Names that rose and fell with Werner

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.