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.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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