Wes
#1,447 most common boys' name of all time · #3,487 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,447
Rank overall
#3,487 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
6,786
Since 2016
2,579
Peak year
2025 #715
Best rank
#628 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 376/yr
Wes is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 376 | 376 | #715 |
| 2024 | — | 346 | 346 | #743 |
| 2023 | — | 310 | 310 | #799 |
| 2022 | — | 315 | 315 | #798 |
| 2021 | — | 268 | 268 | #866 |
| 2020 | — | 216 | 216 | #987 |
| 2019 | — | 217 | 217 | #982 |
| 2018 | — | 191 | 191 | #1,059 |
| 2017 | — | 180 | 180 | #1,086 |
| 2016 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,185 |
| 2015 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,259 |
| 2014 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,391 |
| 2013 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,378 |
| 2012 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,640 |
| 2011 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,756 |
| 2010 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,760 |
| 2009 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,081 |
| 2008 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,918 |
| 2007 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,306 |
| 2006 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,013 |
| 2005 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 2004 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,700 |
| 2003 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,679 |
| 2002 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,823 |
| 2001 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 2000 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,225 |
| 1999 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,843 |
| 1998 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,743 |
| 1996 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,298 |
| 1995 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,205 |
| 1994 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,608 |
| 1993 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,252 |
| 1992 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,008 |
| 1991 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,611 |
| 1990 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,090 |
| 1989 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,249 |
| 1988 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,041 |
| 1987 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,063 |
| 1986 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,495 |
| 1985 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,595 |
| 1984 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,633 |
| 1983 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,404 |
| 1982 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,442 |
| 1981 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,522 |
| 1980 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,299 |
| 1979 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,213 |
| 1978 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,232 |
| 1977 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,058 |
| 1976 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,433 |
| 1975 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,485 |
| 1974 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,250 |
| 1973 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,357 |
| 1972 | — | 66 | 66 | #996 |
| 1971 | — | 83 | 83 | #896 |
| 1970 | — | 87 | 87 | #863 |
| 1969 | — | 83 | 83 | #841 |
| 1968 | — | 76 | 76 | #835 |
| 1967 | — | 75 | 75 | #830 |
| 1966 | — | 95 | 95 | #755 |
| 1965 | — | 100 | 100 | #742 |
| 1964 | — | 127 | 127 | #684 |
| 1963 | — | 155 | 155 | #628 |
| 1962 | — | 130 | 130 | #679 |
| 1961 | — | 131 | 131 | #678 |
| 1960 | — | 138 | 138 | #669 |
| 1959 | — | 121 | 121 | #701 |
| 1958 | — | 96 | 96 | #758 |
| 1957 | — | 69 | 69 | #916 |
| 1956 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,321 |
| 1955 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,225 |
| 1954 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,416 |
| 1953 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1952 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,556 |
| 1951 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,467 |
| 1950 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 1949 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,832 |
| 1948 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,574 |
| 1947 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,341 |
| 1946 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,568 |
| 1945 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,420 |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1943 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,648 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,251 |
| 1941 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,508 |
| 1939 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,071 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,210 |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,561 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,008 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,312 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,797 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,001 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,185 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,745 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,895 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,349 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,903 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,842 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,302 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,856 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,575 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #882 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,025 |
| 1884 | — | 7 | 7 | #816 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,051 |