Meaning not yet researched.
Wellington: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 24 in 2025. Its best rank was #496 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #496 in 1891; #4,382 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wellington in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,382 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #496.
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Wellington: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 24 boys in 2025. Peak: #496 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 60 (1922).
In 2025, 24 US boys were named Wellington, making it the 4,382nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,112 places from #3,270 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 37 boys named Wellington in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #496, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 60, in 1922. For comparison, it was #4,539 in 2015 and #1,744 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wellington in 140 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 12 babies. In all, 2,879 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 414 babies named Wellington.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 345 US boys were named Wellington; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 43. In 2025 that was about 1 in 71,170 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Willington are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Willington (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Wellington in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 24 | #4,382 |
| 2024 | — | — | 37 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | — | — | 31 | #3,703 |
| 2022 | — | — | 31 | #3,685 |
| 2021 | — | — | 39 | #3,117 |
| 2020 | — | — | 43 | #2,839 |
| 2019 | — | — | 43 | #2,895 |
| 2018 | — | — | 33 | #3,439 |
| 2017 | — | — | 32 | #3,517 |
| 2016 | — | — | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2015 | — | — | 22 | #4,539 |
| 2014 | — | — | 15 | #5,980 |
| 2013 | — | — | 15 | #5,902 |
| 2012 | — | — | 24 | #4,240 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,730 |
| 2010 | — | — | 17 | #5,463 |
| 2009 | — | — | 17 | #5,544 |
| 2008 | — | — | 17 | #5,480 |
| 2007 | — | — | 13 | #6,594 |
| 2006 | — | — | 19 | #4,852 |
| 2005 | — | — | 15 | #5,564 |
| 2004 | — | — | 23 | #3,998 |
| 2003 | — | — | 15 | #5,253 |
| 2002 | — | — | 14 | #5,385 |
| 2001 | — | — | 18 | #4,471 |
| 2000 | — | — | 23 | #3,632 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,156 |
| 1998 | — | — | 13 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #4,053 |
| 1996 | — | — | 25 | #3,018 |
| 1995 | — | — | 17 | #3,844 |
| 1994 | — | — | 17 | #3,906 |
| 1993 | — | — | 16 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | — | — | 21 | #3,214 |
| 1991 | — | — | 16 | #3,809 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,459 |
| 1989 | — | — | 11 | #4,801 |
| 1988 | — | — | 13 | #3,909 |
| 1987 | — | — | 17 | #3,067 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,647 |
| 1985 | — | — | 14 | #3,394 |
| 1984 | — | — | 14 | #3,266 |
| 1983 | — | — | 16 | #2,908 |
| 1982 | — | — | 21 | #2,424 |
| 1981 | — | — | 16 | #2,893 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,282 |
| 1979 | — | — | 11 | #3,805 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,793 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #4,159 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1975 | — | — | 16 | #2,636 |
| 1974 | — | — | 10 | #3,553 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,402 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,156 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,970 |
| 1970 | — | — | 16 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,680 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,103 |
| 1967 | — | — | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,624 |
| 1965 | — | — | 17 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #2,038 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,297 |
| 1962 | — | — | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1961 | — | — | 21 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | — | — | 20 | #1,856 |
| 1959 | — | — | 11 | #2,655 |
| 1958 | — | — | 13 | #2,366 |
| 1957 | — | — | 18 | #1,950 |
| 1956 | — | — | 17 | #2,012 |
| 1955 | — | — | 10 | #2,757 |
| 1954 | — | — | 23 | #1,626 |
| 1953 | — | — | 26 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | — | — | 16 | #2,007 |
| 1951 | — | — | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1950 | — | — | 19 | #1,744 |
| 1949 | — | — | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1948 | — | — | 18 | #1,814 |
| 1947 | — | — | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | — | — | 25 | #1,438 |
| 1945 | — | — | 19 | #1,578 |
| 1944 | — | — | 19 | #1,627 |
| 1943 | — | — | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1942 | — | — | 26 | #1,380 |
| 1941 | — | — | 24 | #1,410 |
| 1940 | — | — | 19 | #1,625 |
| 1939 | — | — | 15 | #1,874 |
| 1938 | — | — | 20 | #1,556 |
| 1937 | — | — | 24 | #1,401 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,798 |
| 1935 | — | — | 22 | #1,490 |
| 1934 | — | — | 28 | #1,292 |
| 1933 | — | — | 23 | #1,452 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,648 |
| 1931 | — | — | 33 | #1,215 |
| 1930 | — | — | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1928 | — | — | 33 | #1,271 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,467 |
| 1926 | — | — | 37 | #1,190 |
| 1925 | — | — | 39 | #1,143 |
| 1924 | — | — | 53 | #977 |
| 1923 | — | — | 42 | #1,113 |
| 1922 | — | — | 60 | #903 |
| 1921 | — | — | 46 | #1,043 |
| 1920 | — | — | 58 | #910 |
| 1919 | — | — | 48 | #987 |
| 1918 | — | — | 57 | #888 |
| 1917 | — | — | 58 | #847 |
| 1916 | — | — | 46 | #949 |
| 1915 | — | — | 42 | #979 |
| 1914 | — | — | 32 | #1,001 |
| 1913 | — | — | 25 | #1,022 |
| 1912 | — | — | 24 | #934 |
| 1911 | — | — | 17 | #821 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,041 |
| 1909 | — | — | 19 | #635 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #821 |
| 1907 | — | — | 12 | #812 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #923 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #995 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,195 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #1,004 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #965 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #849 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #897 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,233 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #784 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #571 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #496 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #809 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #970 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #753 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #755 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #602 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #659 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #750 |
| 1881 | — | — | 13 | #502 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #568 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).