Webb
Masculine · “A weaver”
Webb is a weaver. The Old English webba is one of the oldest occupational words in the language, and it gave English both the surname and, through the same root, the words weave and web. It became an American first name in the nineteenth century.
How old is the name Webb?
Webb was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Webb alive today was born around 1951, making them about 74 years old. About 900 people named Webb are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Webb most popular?
Webb peaked in 1880, reaching #526 nationally. Today it ranks #5608, 5,082 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
From webba to Webb
The story of Webb
Occupational surnames are among the oldest and commonest in English — Smith, Baker, Miller, Taylor, Webb, Fletcher — and Webb is spread across the whole country. It traveled to America early. Its use as a given name belongs to the nineteenth-century surname fashion, peaking in 1880 alongside Chester, Vernon and Sumner. In modern America the surname is best known through Jack Webb, who created and starred in Dragnet from 1951, and through the Webb space telescope, launched in 2021 and named for a NASA administrator.
Meaning
A weaver
From Old English webba, a weaver, from wefan, to weave — the same root as web and woof. The reading is settled. The feminine form webbe gave the surname Webber and, in some regions, Webb as well; weaving was one of the trades in which women worked under their own name in medieval England.
How the name formed
- webba
- Webb
Related forms: Webba · Webber
Pronouncing Webb
WEB
One syllable, exactly like the English word. There is no alternative saying.
Nicknames for Webb
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 192727 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #526reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- −36.0%16 in 2025, from 25
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Webb in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Webba in Old English — related form
- Webber in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Webbs among us
people named Webb are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 106,755 born in 2025 was named Webb
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Webb sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Webb beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Webb in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and connects to one of the oldest English trades.
- One syllable and four letters, about as compact as a name gets.
- Everyone can say it on sight.
- The word web now means something quite different in ordinary use.
- It reads as a surname and will be assumed to be one on forms.
- It is strongly dated to the years around 1880 as a given name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Webbs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Webb are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Webb in 2025?
- Webb ranks #5608 among US boy names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Webb?
- About 1 in every 106,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Webb — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Webb with classmates?
- Webb will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Webb
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