Webb

Popularity Trends

The name Webb is the #6,121 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,625 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 20.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,057 (33.3% percentile) for all time with 1,625 births since 1880.

Webb has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Webb is available in 128 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Webb reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #517) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1880, with 101 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2016, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Webb ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 10.2% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Webb".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,625

Peak Births

Peak Year

1927

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

4.1%

Current Percentile

1.5%

Peak Rank

#517

Current Rank

#897

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Webb", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Webb.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Webb's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Webb at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Webb range from Tobe at 80.9% correlation to Meda at 79.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 79.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Etta with 42.7K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Doshie with 799 births (100% girls).

Webb's share of births peaked at 101.4 births per million for boys in 1927. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (2% of peak) in 1990. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Webb had 10.4 births per million, 10% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Tobe

978

80.86% (very strong)

Cicero

1,443

80.37% (very strong)

Fritz

6,577

79.74% (strong)

Libbie

2,499

79.66% (strong)

Matilda

35.7k

79.51% (strong)

Gus

19.8k

79.51% (strong)

Doshie

799

79.42% (strong)

Etta

42.7k

79.31% (strong)

Liddie

1,281

79.30% (strong)

General

4,018

79.23% (strong)

Sophronia

1,524

79.12% (strong)

Meda

1,882

79.11% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Webb

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Webb. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Webb is pronounced as wehb, which has 1 syllables.

wehb

100.0%

wehb (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

W EH1 B

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like W EH1 B) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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