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.

Wesly

#3,860 most common boys' name of all time · #9,398 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#3,860
Rank overall
#9,398 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
1,439
Since 2016
128
Peak year
2002 #2,891
Best rank
#1,938 1985
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
192019401960198020002020

Wesly 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,497
2024 — 6 6 #11,046
2023 — 14 14 #6,257
2022 — 8 8 #9,077
2021 — 14 14 #6,072
2020 — 9 9 #8,141
2019 — 15 15 #5,846
2018 — 19 19 #4,944
2017 — 9 9 #8,219
2016 — 21 21 #4,645
2015 — 7 7 #9,682
2014 — 17 17 #5,287
2013 — 17 17 #5,200
2012 — 21 21 #4,554
2011 — 21 21 #4,532
2010 — 13 13 #6,401
2009 — 29 29 #3,653
2008 — 19 19 #4,927
2007 — 21 21 #4,516
2006 — 25 25 #3,907
2005 — 28 28 #3,471
2004 — 29 29 #3,309
2003 — 29 29 #3,205
2002 — 32 32 #2,891
2001 — 19 19 #4,149
2000 — 18 18 #4,242
1999 — 15 15 #4,579
1998 — 27 27 #2,941
1997 — 24 24 #3,085
1996 — 17 17 #3,870
1995 — 25 25 #2,872
1994 — 24 24 #2,977
1993 — 23 23 #2,976
1992 — 29 29 #2,487
1991 — 23 23 #2,852
1990 — 15 15 #3,825
1989 — 29 29 #2,316
1988 — 27 27 #2,268
1987 — 24 24 #2,356
1986 — 23 23 #2,392
1985 — 30 30 #1,938
1984 — 24 24 #2,189
1983 — 21 21 #2,363
1982 — 26 26 #2,080
1981 — 25 25 #2,109
1980 — 15 15 #3,001
1979 — 21 21 #2,338
1978 — 17 17 #2,600
1977 — 20 20 #2,297
1976 — 17 17 #2,544
1975 — 7 7 #4,447
1974 — 8 8 #3,945
1973 — 11 11 #3,093
1972 — 11 11 #3,060
1971 — 7 7 #4,119
1970 — 8 8 #3,655
1969 — 11 11 #2,757
1968 — 15 15 #2,156
1967 — 12 12 #2,417
1966 — 10 10 #2,707
1965 — 8 8 #3,127
1964 — 5 5 #4,254
1963 — 5 5 #4,287
1962 — 14 14 #2,249
1961 — 10 10 #2,811
1960 — 10 10 #2,780
1959 — 14 14 #2,258
1958 — 6 6 #3,746
1957 — 10 10 #2,743
1956 — 7 7 #3,388
1955 — 5 5 #4,125
1954 — 10 10 #2,687
1953 — 5 5 #4,062
1952 — 12 12 #2,339
1951 — 6 6 #3,556
1949 — 9 9 #2,737
1948 — 5 5 #3,967
1947 — 11 11 #2,460
1945 — 7 7 #2,925
1942 — 7 7 #3,138
1941 — 9 9 #2,623
1938 — 10 10 #2,456
1935 — 5 5 #3,926
1934 — 7 7 #3,186
1933 — 5 5 #3,933
1932 — 6 6 #3,631
1931 — 6 6 #3,622
1930 — 8 8 #3,244
1929 — 12 12 #2,430
1928 — 10 10 #2,811
1927 — 10 10 #2,870
1926 — 10 10 #2,869
1925 — 5 5 #4,526
1924 — 7 7 #3,742
1923 — 5 5 #4,567
1922 — 9 9 #3,203
1921 — 6 6 #4,105
1919 — 11 11 #2,652
1918 — 5 5 #4,484
1917 — 5 5 #4,295
1915 — 8 8 #3,079