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.

Wess

#7,172 most common boys' name of all time · #18,027 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#7,172
Rank overall
#18,027 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
513
Since 2016
62
Peak year
1965 #2,007
Best rank
#798 1883
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Wess first appears in 1883. 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 — 8 8 #8,933
2024 — 9 9 #8,331
2023 — 6 6 #10,853
2022 — 9 9 #8,332
2021 — 10 10 #7,608
2020 — 8 8 #8,764
2018 — 7 7 #9,697
2017 — 5 5 #12,290
2012 — 7 7 #9,736
2008 — 11 11 #7,207
2004 — 6 6 #9,991
2002 — 5 5 #10,714
2000 — 8 8 #7,450
1991 — 6 6 #7,310
1990 — 5 5 #8,187
1989 — 6 6 #6,998
1988 — 5 5 #7,330
1987 — 5 5 #7,005
1986 — 7 7 #5,369
1985 — 8 8 #4,732
1984 — 11 11 #3,726
1983 — 6 6 #5,541
1982 — 5 5 #6,445
1981 — 7 7 #5,003
1980 — 9 9 #4,163
1979 — 8 8 #4,438
1978 — 5 5 #5,822
1977 — 15 15 #2,805
1976 — 10 10 #3,493
1975 — 6 6 #4,847
1973 — 6 6 #4,563
1972 — 8 8 #3,664
1971 — 11 11 #2,996
1970 — 6 6 #4,282
1969 — 11 11 #2,705
1968 — 12 12 #2,469
1967 — 8 8 #3,029
1966 — 9 9 #2,817
1965 — 16 16 #2,007
1964 — 9 9 #2,886
1963 — 13 13 #2,321
1962 — 9 9 #2,883
1961 — 13 13 #2,344
1960 — 7 7 #3,375
1959 — 6 6 #3,663
1958 — 5 5 #4,002
1957 — 6 6 #3,611
1956 — 9 9 #2,833
1955 — 6 6 #3,552
1954 — 5 5 #3,878
1950 — 7 7 #3,061
1946 — 5 5 #3,585
1937 — 5 5 #3,577
1935 — 5 5 #3,690
1931 — 5 5 #3,811
1930 — 6 6 #3,649
1928 — 6 6 #3,744
1926 — 6 6 #3,760
1924 — 5 5 #4,405
1918 — 5 5 #4,225
1916 — 11 11 #2,425
1915 — 9 9 #2,654
1909 — 5 5 #1,535
1900 — 6 6 #1,238
1895 — 5 5 #1,174
1894 — 5 5 #1,168
1891 — 5 5 #1,071
1890 — 7 7 #867
1883 — 7 7 #798