How Many People Are Named Welsey?
An estimated 32 people in the United States have the first name Welsey. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Welsey peaked in popularity in 1987 with 10 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Welsey as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Welsey paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Welsey is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
32
About 1 in 10,711,073 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1987
10 births
Total Registered
33
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Welsey
Welsey is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 33 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Welsey as a male name
Ranked #8,665 in 1993
6 male births in 1993
Peak: 1987 (10 births)
Welsey: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Welsey span from the 1970s to the 1990s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 15 babies were registered. While Welsey is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Welsey by Decade
How has Welsey tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Welsey + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Welsey as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Welsey
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Welsey: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Welsey?
We estimate approximately 32 people named Welsey are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 10,711,073 Americans share this first name.
Is Welsey a common name?
Welsey is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 47.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 33 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Welsey most popular?
Welsey reached peak popularity in 1987, when 10 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Welsey is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Welsey a male name?
Welsey is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Welsey Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Welsey Smith, Welsey Johnson, Welsey Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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