Westley
#1,166 most common boys' name of all time · #2,772 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1887–2025
Rank among boys
#1,166
Rank overall
#2,772 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
10,184
Since 2016
3,442
Peak year
2025 #619
Best rank
#561 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 462/yr
Westley first appears in 1887. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 453 | 462 | #619 |
| 2024 | 5 | 419 | 424 | #656 |
| 2023 | 9 | 400 | 409 | #679 |
| 2022 | 5 | 367 | 372 | #718 |
| 2021 | 10 | 340 | 350 | #750 |
| 2020 | 6 | 325 | 331 | #746 |
| 2019 | — | 291 | 291 | #793 |
| 2018 | 5 | 291 | 296 | #786 |
| 2017 | 6 | 262 | 268 | #843 |
| 2016 | — | 239 | 239 | #903 |
| 2015 | 5 | 200 | 205 | #1,016 |
| 2014 | — | 174 | 174 | #1,098 |
| 2013 | — | 186 | 186 | #1,035 |
| 2012 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,426 |
| 2010 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,505 |
| 2009 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,520 |
| 2008 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,534 |
| 2007 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,704 |
| 2006 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,725 |
| 2005 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,883 |
| 2003 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,753 |
| 2002 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,434 |
| 2001 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,915 |
| 2000 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,729 |
| 1999 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,343 |
| 1998 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,307 |
| 1997 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,386 |
| 1996 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,350 |
| 1995 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,082 |
| 1994 | — | 131 | 131 | #964 |
| 1993 | — | 126 | 126 | #958 |
| 1992 | — | 147 | 147 | #871 |
| 1991 | — | 152 | 152 | #841 |
| 1990 | — | 194 | 194 | #732 |
| 1989 | — | 231 | 231 | #658 |
| 1988 | 5 | 271 | 276 | #561 |
| 1987 | — | 208 | 208 | #636 |
| 1986 | — | 148 | 148 | #747 |
| 1985 | — | 94 | 94 | #943 |
| 1984 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,002 |
| 1983 | — | 83 | 83 | #969 |
| 1982 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,040 |
| 1981 | — | 97 | 97 | #908 |
| 1980 | — | 84 | 84 | #985 |
| 1979 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,071 |
| 1978 | — | 105 | 105 | #840 |
| 1977 | — | 118 | 118 | #787 |
| 1976 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,033 |
| 1975 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,173 |
| 1974 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,126 |
| 1973 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,126 |
| 1972 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,316 |
| 1971 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,000 |
| 1970 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,053 |
| 1969 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,178 |
| 1968 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,021 |
| 1967 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,373 |
| 1966 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,124 |
| 1965 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,391 |
| 1964 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1963 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,496 |
| 1962 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,220 |
| 1961 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1960 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,446 |
| 1959 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,398 |
| 1958 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,690 |
| 1957 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,244 |
| 1956 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,145 |
| 1955 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,122 |
| 1954 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,208 |
| 1953 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1952 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,391 |
| 1951 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,315 |
| 1950 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1949 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1948 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,021 |
| 1947 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,347 |
| 1946 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,487 |
| 1945 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,339 |
| 1944 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,545 |
| 1943 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,328 |
| 1942 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,322 |
| 1941 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,501 |
| 1940 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,452 |
| 1939 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,505 |
| 1938 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,646 |
| 1937 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1936 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,221 |
| 1935 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,437 |
| 1934 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,816 |
| 1933 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,671 |
| 1932 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,299 |
| 1931 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 1930 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,415 |
| 1929 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,875 |
| 1928 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,389 |
| 1926 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,486 |
| 1925 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,292 |
| 1924 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,431 |
| 1923 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1922 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,618 |
| 1921 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,493 |
| 1920 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,660 |
| 1919 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,175 |
| 1918 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,516 |
| 1917 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,782 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,612 |
| 1915 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,483 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,577 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,868 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,313 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,339 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,169 |
| 1909 | — | 12 | 12 | #885 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #933 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,205 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,065 |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | #948 |
| 1903 | — | 8 | 8 | #898 |
| 1902 | — | 8 | 8 | #920 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,172 |
| 1900 | — | 13 | 13 | #739 |
| 1899 | — | 9 | 9 | #781 |
| 1896 | — | 10 | 10 | #773 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,205 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #900 |
| 1892 | — | 8 | 8 | #856 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,066 |