Welles
#7,457 most common boys' name of all time · #18,765 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among boys
#7,457
Rank overall
#18,765 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
17 of 146
All-time
480
Since 2016
411
Peak year
2021 #2,418
Best rank
#2,418 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Welles first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,949 |
| 2024 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,539 |
| 2023 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,642 |
| 2022 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,927 |
| 2021 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,418 |
| 2020 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #3,355 |
| 2019 | 5 | 40 | 45 | #3,004 |
| 2018 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,678 |
| 2017 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,684 |
| 2016 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,458 |
| 2015 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2014 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,770 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,595 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,626 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,389 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,343 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,382 |