Webster
About Webster
Webster is one of several W-starting surname names back on the drawing board, now that it has recovered from its childlike eighties sitcom identity.
Webster was used in respectable numbers in the past--it reached a high of Number 388 in 1890--but like several other surnames starting with W, fell off the list completely in the 1940s. With its engaging nickname Webb, we can see it making a comeback.
Webster Young was a jazz trumpeter who played with most of the greats, but more prominent bearers wore Webster as a surname--in particular statesman Daniel and lexicographer Noah.
Fun feminist fact: Webster was originally an occupational name for a female weaver, though it's used exclusively for boys now.
Pronounced WEB-ster.
As of October 2026, Webster ranked #7165 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #388 in 1890.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Webster on lists
Famous Websters
- Webster Gradney Jr. aka Webbie
American rapper
- Webster English Young
American jazz trumpeter
- Webster Anderson
U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
- Webster Paulson
English civil engineer
- Webster Melvin Slaughter
American NFL football player
- Webster Lee "Webb" Hubbell
American lawyer and aide to President Bill Clinton
- Webster Griffin Tarpley
American author and historian
- William Webster "Webb" Franklin
U.S. Congressman from Mississippi
- Webster Lee "Webb" Hubbell
American lawyer and aide to President Bill Clinton
- Webster Clay "Webb" Ball
American founder of the Ball watch company
- Noah Webster
produced the first American dictionary in 1828
- Daniel Webster
American statesman
- Arthur Gordon Webster
founder of the American Physical Society
Webster in pop culture
- Webster Long
main character on TV's "Webster"
- Webster Boot
character in J.K. Rowling's "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"