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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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