Wesley
#155 most common boys' name of all time · #322 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#155
Rank overall
#322 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
250,969
Since 2016
43,216
Peak year
2025 #52
Best rank
#52 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 5,679/yr
Wesley 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 | 101 | 5,578 | 5,679 | #52 |
| 2024 | 87 | 5,162 | 5,249 | #58 |
| 2023 | 114 | 4,555 | 4,669 | #69 |
| 2022 | 129 | 4,668 | 4,797 | #70 |
| 2021 | 133 | 4,216 | 4,349 | #85 |
| 2020 | 96 | 3,706 | 3,802 | #98 |
| 2019 | 65 | 3,764 | 3,829 | #99 |
| 2018 | 83 | 3,628 | 3,711 | #105 |
| 2017 | 61 | 3,577 | 3,638 | #111 |
| 2016 | 64 | 3,429 | 3,493 | #117 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,233 | 3,277 | #126 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,143 | 3,188 | #130 |
| 2013 | 27 | 2,837 | 2,864 | #139 |
| 2012 | 28 | 2,649 | 2,677 | #155 |
| 2011 | 33 | 2,476 | 2,509 | #156 |
| 2010 | 22 | 2,431 | 2,453 | #159 |
| 2009 | 28 | 2,211 | 2,239 | #176 |
| 2008 | 17 | 2,067 | 2,084 | #193 |
| 2007 | 34 | 2,064 | 2,098 | #195 |
| 2006 | 26 | 2,103 | 2,129 | #190 |
| 2005 | 16 | 2,113 | 2,129 | #189 |
| 2004 | 36 | 2,108 | 2,144 | #184 |
| 2003 | 30 | 2,123 | 2,153 | #184 |
| 2002 | 18 | 2,051 | 2,069 | #183 |
| 2001 | 19 | 2,028 | 2,047 | #184 |
| 2000 | 17 | 2,216 | 2,233 | #171 |
| 1999 | 30 | 2,207 | 2,237 | #168 |
| 1998 | 23 | 2,242 | 2,265 | #152 |
| 1997 | 30 | 2,358 | 2,388 | #144 |
| 1996 | 42 | 2,616 | 2,658 | #137 |
| 1995 | 43 | 2,798 | 2,841 | #129 |
| 1994 | 33 | 3,031 | 3,064 | #118 |
| 1993 | 56 | 3,172 | 3,228 | #113 |
| 1992 | 54 | 3,239 | 3,293 | #111 |
| 1991 | 42 | 3,267 | 3,309 | #106 |
| 1990 | 46 | 3,316 | 3,362 | #107 |
| 1989 | 57 | 3,457 | 3,514 | #98 |
| 1988 | 58 | 3,478 | 3,536 | #92 |
| 1987 | 52 | 3,244 | 3,296 | #92 |
| 1986 | 54 | 3,043 | 3,097 | #96 |
| 1985 | 48 | 3,043 | 3,091 | #94 |
| 1984 | 50 | 2,799 | 2,849 | #101 |
| 1983 | 40 | 2,788 | 2,828 | #101 |
| 1982 | 48 | 3,031 | 3,079 | #98 |
| 1981 | 32 | 3,040 | 3,072 | #99 |
| 1980 | 43 | 3,165 | 3,208 | #95 |
| 1979 | 39 | 3,237 | 3,276 | #89 |
| 1978 | 34 | 3,306 | 3,340 | #83 |
| 1977 | 30 | 4,302 | 4,332 | #66 |
| 1976 | 23 | 2,147 | 2,170 | #119 |
| 1975 | 22 | 1,531 | 1,553 | #158 |
| 1974 | 23 | 1,467 | 1,490 | #165 |
| 1973 | 18 | 1,554 | 1,572 | #158 |
| 1972 | 23 | 1,690 | 1,713 | #154 |
| 1971 | 21 | 1,959 | 1,980 | #151 |
| 1970 | 21 | 2,059 | 2,080 | #152 |
| 1969 | 18 | 1,861 | 1,879 | #157 |
| 1968 | 18 | 1,642 | 1,660 | #165 |
| 1967 | 15 | 1,587 | 1,602 | #167 |
| 1966 | 10 | 1,803 | 1,813 | #157 |
| 1965 | 10 | 1,860 | 1,870 | #160 |
| 1964 | 15 | 1,969 | 1,984 | #162 |
| 1963 | 19 | 2,100 | 2,119 | #157 |
| 1962 | 21 | 1,963 | 1,984 | #162 |
| 1961 | 14 | 2,002 | 2,016 | #163 |
| 1960 | 10 | 2,020 | 2,030 | #164 |
| 1959 | 16 | 2,000 | 2,016 | #160 |
| 1958 | 9 | 1,954 | 1,963 | #160 |
| 1957 | 19 | 1,993 | 2,012 | #160 |
| 1956 | 13 | 2,004 | 2,017 | #157 |
| 1955 | 10 | 1,925 | 1,935 | #151 |
| 1954 | 13 | 1,844 | 1,857 | #155 |
| 1953 | 18 | 1,733 | 1,751 | #159 |
| 1952 | 12 | 1,594 | 1,606 | #166 |
| 1951 | 16 | 1,500 | 1,516 | #171 |
| 1950 | 7 | 1,527 | 1,534 | #165 |
| 1949 | 16 | 1,406 | 1,422 | #166 |
| 1948 | 19 | 1,336 | 1,355 | #169 |
| 1947 | 12 | 1,459 | 1,471 | #163 |
| 1946 | 14 | 1,248 | 1,262 | #167 |
| 1945 | 12 | 1,107 | 1,119 | #162 |
| 1944 | 8 | 1,169 | 1,177 | #159 |
| 1943 | 16 | 1,267 | 1,283 | #155 |
| 1942 | 19 | 1,253 | 1,272 | #155 |
| 1941 | 17 | 1,091 | 1,108 | #158 |
| 1940 | 16 | 1,129 | 1,145 | #152 |
| 1939 | 9 | 1,113 | 1,122 | #146 |
| 1938 | 6 | 1,074 | 1,080 | #150 |
| 1937 | 15 | 1,065 | 1,080 | #146 |
| 1936 | 12 | 1,061 | 1,073 | #145 |
| 1935 | 13 | 1,040 | 1,053 | #148 |
| 1934 | 14 | 1,118 | 1,132 | #142 |
| 1933 | 7 | 1,030 | 1,037 | #147 |
| 1932 | 12 | 1,135 | 1,147 | #144 |
| 1931 | 15 | 1,115 | 1,130 | #143 |
| 1930 | 15 | 1,186 | 1,201 | #142 |
| 1929 | 10 | 1,182 | 1,192 | #143 |
| 1928 | 16 | 1,181 | 1,197 | #143 |
| 1927 | 8 | 1,324 | 1,332 | #134 |
| 1926 | 10 | 1,320 | 1,330 | #131 |
| 1925 | 12 | 1,265 | 1,277 | #135 |
| 1924 | 10 | 1,347 | 1,357 | #131 |
| 1923 | 12 | 1,379 | 1,391 | #125 |
| 1922 | 10 | 1,287 | 1,297 | #127 |
| 1921 | 9 | 1,332 | 1,341 | #127 |
| 1920 | 12 | 1,244 | 1,256 | #129 |
| 1919 | 9 | 1,099 | 1,108 | #135 |
| 1918 | 17 | 1,145 | 1,162 | #137 |
| 1917 | 9 | 1,014 | 1,023 | #136 |
| 1916 | 7 | 1,026 | 1,033 | #135 |
| 1915 | 8 | 990 | 998 | #133 |
| 1914 | 7 | 789 | 796 | #132 |
| 1913 | 9 | 585 | 594 | #133 |
| 1912 | 6 | 485 | 491 | #134 |
| 1911 | 5 | 261 | 266 | #131 |
| 1910 | 7 | 209 | 216 | #152 |
| 1909 | — | 197 | 197 | #136 |
| 1908 | — | 185 | 185 | #135 |
| 1907 | — | 191 | 191 | #125 |
| 1906 | — | 155 | 155 | #135 |
| 1905 | — | 174 | 174 | #123 |
| 1904 | — | 166 | 166 | #128 |
| 1903 | — | 153 | 153 | #126 |
| 1902 | — | 145 | 145 | #133 |
| 1901 | — | 146 | 146 | #115 |
| 1900 | — | 181 | 181 | #128 |
| 1899 | — | 119 | 119 | #136 |
| 1898 | — | 151 | 151 | #124 |
| 1897 | — | 121 | 121 | #135 |
| 1896 | — | 145 | 145 | #122 |
| 1895 | — | 156 | 156 | #112 |
| 1894 | — | 149 | 149 | #113 |
| 1893 | — | 136 | 136 | #119 |
| 1892 | — | 142 | 142 | #120 |
| 1891 | — | 115 | 115 | #120 |
| 1890 | 5 | 131 | 136 | #117 |
| 1889 | — | 101 | 101 | #144 |
| 1888 | — | 147 | 147 | #113 |
| 1887 | — | 115 | 115 | #116 |
| 1886 | — | 121 | 121 | #121 |
| 1885 | — | 108 | 108 | #128 |
| 1884 | — | 120 | 120 | #121 |
| 1883 | — | 104 | 104 | #122 |
| 1882 | — | 145 | 145 | #101 |
| 1881 | — | 102 | 102 | #118 |
| 1880 | — | 123 | 123 | #109 |