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.

Wester

#22,671 most common boys' name of all time · #59,758 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1942

Rank among boys
#22,671
Rank overall
#59,758 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
6 of 146
All-time
31
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #3,824
Best rank
#3,824 1915
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
19201940

Wester 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
1942 — 5 5 #3,846
1934 — 5 5 #3,985
1933 — 5 5 #3,950
1925 — 5 5 #4,547
1922 — 5 5 #4,611
1915 — 6 6 #3,824