Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wellesley**

#28,911 most common girls' name of all time · #46,735 across all names · 38% male / 62% female · used 1923–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#28,911
Rank overall
#46,735 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
68
Since 2016
56
Peak year
2020 #15,329
Best rank
#11,286 2021
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
19401960198020002020

Wellesley first appears in 1923. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 7 13 #13,389
2023 6 6 #13,649
2021 8 8 #11,286
2020 5 8 13 #15,329
2018 6 5 11 #13,992
2017 5 5 #16,135
2015 6 6 #14,680
1923 6 6