Name profile

Webster

A name meaning "weaver".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈwɛb.stəɹ/; British English /ˈwɛb.stə/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#6,803

Meaning and history

Webster is an occupational surname meaning “weaver,” derived from Old English webba.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 8 births, rank #8,732
2007: 7 births, rank #9,788
2008: 10 births, rank #7,698
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: 8 births, rank #8,803
20112011: 9 births, rank #8,079
2012: 10 births, rank #7,559
2013: 12 births, rank #6,603
2014: 13 births, rank #6,307
2015: 7 births, rank #9,568
20162016: 16 births, rank #5,555
2017: 9 births, rank #8,140
2018: 17 births, rank #5,320
2019: 14 births, rank #6,104
2020: 12 births, rank #6,620
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 17 births, rank #5,445
2023: 8 births, rank #8,921
2024: 11 births, rank #7,257
20252025: 12 births, rank #6,803

Webster moved from #910 to #941 for boys between 1946 and 1949. Its highest annual birth count came in 1915, with 101 births.