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Wells: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 944 in 2025. Its best rank was #347 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99% of babies named Wells in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#347 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Wells: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 944 boys in 2025. Peak: #347 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 944 (2025).
In 2025, 944 US boys were named Wells, making it the 347th most common boys’ name of the year, up 31 places from #378 in 2024. That is 75 more than the 869 boys named Wells in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #347, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 944. For comparison, it was #1,739 in 2015 and #2,204 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wells in 117 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 7,164 US babies have been given the name, 2.4% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 4,396 babies named Wells.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,426 US boys were named Wells; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 944. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,809 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wells ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #104 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 9 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 51 | #104 | #602 |
| North Dakota | 12 | #106 | — |
| New Hampshire | 12 | #129 | — |
| Kansas | 25 | #159 | — |
| South Dakota | 9 | #169 | — |
| Montana | 8 | #172 | — |
| Nebraska | 16 | #178 | — |
| Maine | 7 | #203 | — |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #204 | — |
| Colorado | 31 | #216 | — |
| Iowa | 18 | #230 | — |
| North Carolina | 54 | #232 | #1,115 |
| Mississippi | 14 | #236 | — |
| Tennessee | 37 | #242 | #1,040 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #249 | — |
| South Carolina | 22 | #264 | #656 |
| Kentucky | 21 | #266 | — |
| Alabama | 20 | #287 | #805 |
| Michigan | 35 | #287 | — |
| Missouri | 24 | #290 | — |
| Oregon | 15 | #294 | — |
| Wisconsin | 20 | #299 | — |
| Connecticut | 10 | #323 | — |
| Minnesota | 19 | #326 | — |
| Ohio | 35 | #332 | — |
| Illinois | 32 | #344 | — |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #358 | — |
| Washington | 21 | #363 | — |
| Maryland | 15 | #363 | — |
| Virginia | 23 | #363 | — |
| Idaho | 7 | #373 | — |
| Louisiana | 13 | #400 | — |
| Georgia | 29 | #405 | #907 |
| Indiana | 18 | #409 | — |
| Texas | 85 | #413 | #2,108 |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | #426 | — |
| Arizona | 14 | #525 | — |
| Arkansas | 6 | #552 | — |
| Florida | 30 | #582 | — |
| New York | 21 | #713 | — |
| California | 29 | #844 | #2,254 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #908 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,865 | 944 | #347 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,919 | 869 | #378 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,662 | 696 | #447 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,608 | 659 | #469 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,950 | 621 | #482 |
| 2020 | 10 | #10,209 | 521 | #546 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,688 | 432 | #628 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,583 | 327 | #731 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,652 | 233 | #916 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,394 | 124 | #1,418 |
| 2015 | 7 | #14,405 | 89 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,488 | 88 | #1,727 |
| 2013 | 6 | #16,425 | 60 | #2,203 |
| 2012 | — | — | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2011 | 5 | #19,444 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,884 | 32 | #3,448 |
| 2009 | — | — | 19 | #5,088 |
| 2008 | — | — | 17 | #5,481 |
| 2007 | — | — | 17 | #5,423 |
| 2006 | — | — | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2005 | — | — | 22 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | — | — | 22 | #4,126 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,605 |
| 2002 | — | — | 10 | #7,017 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | #7,503 |
| 2000 | — | — | 15 | #5,033 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,512 |
| 1998 | 5 | #16,512 | 14 | #4,862 |
| 1997 | — | — | 11 | #5,632 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,968 |
| 1995 | — | — | 9 | #6,388 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,349 |
| 1993 | — | — | 10 | #5,757 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #5,221 |
| 1991 | — | — | 14 | #4,219 |
| 1990 | — | — | 9 | #5,799 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,910 |
| 1988 | — | — | 8 | #5,730 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #6,072 |
| 1986 | — | — | 11 | #4,121 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,680 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,914 |
| 1983 | — | — | 7 | #5,464 |
| 1981 | — | — | 6 | #6,240 |
| 1980 | — | — | 5 | #7,266 |
| 1979 | — | — | 10 | #4,058 |
| 1978 | — | — | 8 | #4,542 |
| 1977 | — | — | 6 | #5,825 |
| 1976 | — | — | 12 | #3,258 |
| 1975 | — | — | 6 | #5,443 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,828 |
| 1973 | — | — | 13 | #2,854 |
| 1971 | — | — | 10 | #3,363 |
| 1970 | — | — | 13 | #2,734 |
| 1969 | — | — | 8 | #3,586 |
| 1968 | — | — | 12 | #2,570 |
| 1967 | — | — | 7 | #3,549 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,523 |
| 1964 | — | — | 5 | #4,574 |
| 1963 | — | — | 7 | #3,639 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,629 |
| 1961 | — | — | 7 | #3,647 |
| 1960 | — | — | 10 | #2,864 |
| 1959 | — | — | 6 | #3,976 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,554 |
| 1957 | — | — | 7 | #3,544 |
| 1956 | — | — | 6 | #3,928 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,428 |
| 1954 | — | — | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,414 |
| 1952 | — | — | 7 | #3,363 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | — | — | 13 | #2,204 |
| 1949 | — | — | 8 | #3,008 |
| 1948 | — | — | 15 | #2,023 |
| 1947 | — | — | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1946 | — | — | 14 | #2,028 |
| 1945 | — | — | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1944 | — | — | 7 | #3,100 |
| 1943 | — | — | 14 | #2,070 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,516 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,486 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,665 |
| 1939 | — | — | 12 | #2,154 |
| 1938 | — | — | 15 | #1,894 |
| 1937 | — | — | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1935 | — | — | 11 | #2,392 |
| 1934 | — | — | 15 | #1,930 |
| 1933 | — | — | 9 | #2,732 |
| 1932 | — | — | 13 | #2,188 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,924 |
| 1930 | — | — | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1929 | — | — | 8 | #3,242 |
| 1928 | — | — | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1927 | — | — | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,180 |
| 1925 | — | — | 14 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | — | — | 15 | #2,218 |
| 1922 | — | — | 27 | #1,467 |
| 1921 | — | — | 37 | #1,197 |
| 1920 | — | — | 18 | #1,961 |
| 1919 | — | — | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | — | — | 17 | #1,994 |
| 1917 | — | — | 19 | #1,753 |
| 1916 | — | — | 21 | #1,591 |
| 1915 | — | — | 23 | #1,452 |
| 1914 | — | — | 20 | #1,385 |
| 1913 | — | — | 12 | #1,672 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,057 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,382 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,585 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,298 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,234 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #958 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,119 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #991 |
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).