Werner
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
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
By decade
| Decade | boys named Werner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1890s | 21 | |
| 1900s | 69 | |
| 1910s | 491 | |
| 1920s | 696 | |
| 1930s | 619 | |
| 1940s | 314 | |
| 1950s | 333 | |
| 1960s | 358 | |
| 1970s | 115 | |
| 1980s | 72 | |
| 1990s | 96 | |
| 2000s | 98 | |
| 2010s | 98 | |
| 2020s | 36 |
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.
- Cletuspeak 1922
- Rudolfpeak 1927
- Talmadgepeak 1933
- Maynardpeak 1922
- Odellpeak 1922
- Merlepeak 1925
- Hershelpeak 1924
- Leamonpeak 1921
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.