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West: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 159 in 2025. Its best rank was #396 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #396 in 1886; #1,255 in 2025. About 95% of babies named West in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,255 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #396.
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West: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 159 boys in 2025. Peak: #396 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 159 (2025).
In 2025, 159 US boys were named West, making it the 1,255th most common boys’ name of the year, up 76 places from #1,331 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 145 boys named West in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #396, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 159, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,930 in 2015 and #2,018 in 1950.
Social Security card records list West in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 3,720 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 738 babies named West.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,024 US boys were named West; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 159. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,743 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, West ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #597 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for West in the open dataset we use.
West is listed as a nickname for Westley.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 5 | #597 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #701 | — |
| Utah | 5 | #806 | — |
| California | 27 | #881 | #1,079 |
| Washington | 7 | #892 | — |
| Tennessee | 7 | #920 | — |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,028 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,069 | — |
| Texas | 20 | #1,129 | #1,636 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,344 | — |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,459 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,746 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,866 | 159 | #1,255 |
| 2024 | 8 | #12,085 | 145 | #1,331 |
| 2023 | — | — | 87 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,493 | 130 | #1,420 |
| 2021 | — | — | 90 | #1,783 |
| 2020 | — | — | 81 | #1,847 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,850 | 98 | #1,657 |
| 2018 | — | — | 82 | #1,853 |
| 2017 | — | — | 80 | #1,859 |
| 2016 | — | — | 72 | #2,008 |
| 2015 | — | — | 76 | #1,930 |
| 2014 | — | — | 60 | #2,254 |
| 2013 | — | — | 78 | #1,850 |
| 2012 | — | — | 74 | #1,940 |
| 2011 | — | — | 61 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | — | — | 52 | #2,426 |
| 2009 | — | — | 60 | #2,229 |
| 2008 | — | — | 42 | #2,876 |
| 2007 | — | — | 40 | #2,971 |
| 2006 | — | — | 42 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | — | — | 25 | #3,810 |
| 2004 | — | — | 29 | #3,366 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,606 |
| 2002 | — | — | 10 | #7,021 |
| 2001 | — | — | 28 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,564 |
| 1999 | — | — | 22 | #3,584 |
| 1998 | — | — | 14 | #4,863 |
| 1997 | — | — | 13 | #4,947 |
| 1996 | — | — | 22 | #3,289 |
| 1995 | — | — | 14 | #4,501 |
| 1994 | — | — | 23 | #3,105 |
| 1993 | — | — | 20 | #3,363 |
| 1992 | — | — | 10 | #5,642 |
| 1991 | — | — | 18 | #3,450 |
| 1990 | — | — | 17 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | — | — | 17 | #3,442 |
| 1988 | — | — | 11 | #4,436 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,951 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,648 |
| 1985 | — | — | 22 | #2,424 |
| 1984 | — | — | 15 | #3,101 |
| 1983 | — | — | 18 | #2,673 |
| 1982 | — | — | 18 | #2,706 |
| 1981 | — | — | 24 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | — | — | 16 | #2,960 |
| 1979 | — | — | 10 | #4,059 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,396 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,456 |
| 1976 | — | — | 15 | #2,822 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,789 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,216 |
| 1972 | — | — | 16 | #2,416 |
| 1971 | — | — | 19 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | — | — | 24 | #1,845 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,127 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,604 |
| 1966 | — | — | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1965 | — | — | 15 | #2,174 |
| 1964 | — | — | 18 | #1,971 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,849 |
| 1962 | — | — | 15 | #2,183 |
| 1961 | — | — | 17 | #2,067 |
| 1960 | — | — | 14 | #2,312 |
| 1959 | — | — | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1958 | — | — | 19 | #1,894 |
| 1957 | — | — | 17 | #2,017 |
| 1956 | — | — | 18 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #2,045 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,441 |
| 1953 | — | — | 19 | #1,834 |
| 1952 | — | — | 21 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | — | — | 18 | #1,836 |
| 1950 | — | — | 15 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | — | — | 19 | #1,752 |
| 1948 | — | — | 12 | #2,322 |
| 1947 | — | — | 15 | #2,073 |
| 1946 | — | — | 13 | #2,140 |
| 1945 | — | — | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | — | — | 14 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | — | — | 16 | #1,907 |
| 1942 | — | — | 16 | #1,865 |
| 1941 | — | — | 15 | #1,898 |
| 1940 | — | — | 11 | #2,316 |
| 1939 | — | — | 18 | #1,634 |
| 1938 | — | — | 18 | #1,685 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,166 |
| 1936 | — | — | 18 | #1,637 |
| 1935 | — | — | 16 | #1,833 |
| 1934 | — | — | 17 | #1,781 |
| 1933 | — | — | 17 | #1,767 |
| 1932 | — | — | 19 | #1,711 |
| 1931 | — | — | 17 | #1,840 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,816 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,928 |
| 1928 | — | — | 21 | #1,705 |
| 1927 | — | — | 36 | #1,225 |
| 1926 | — | — | 26 | #1,464 |
| 1925 | — | — | 29 | #1,389 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,456 |
| 1923 | — | — | 15 | #2,219 |
| 1922 | — | — | 27 | #1,468 |
| 1921 | — | — | 26 | #1,505 |
| 1920 | — | — | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1919 | — | — | 30 | #1,319 |
| 1918 | — | — | 29 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | — | — | 21 | #1,641 |
| 1916 | — | — | 23 | #1,502 |
| 1915 | — | — | 21 | #1,550 |
| 1914 | — | — | 19 | #1,439 |
| 1913 | — | — | 28 | #949 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,058 |
| 1911 | — | — | 14 | #924 |
| 1910 | — | — | 19 | #706 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #890 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,109 |
| 1907 | — | — | 12 | #813 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #924 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #697 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #684 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #843 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #684 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #680 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #738 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #853 |
| 1898 | — | — | 16 | #541 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #850 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #721 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #681 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #785 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #649 |
| 1892 | — | — | 12 | #640 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #562 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #564 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #876 |
| 1888 | — | — | 12 | #607 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #677 |
| 1886 | — | — | 21 | #396 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #638 |
| 1884 | — | — | 19 | #432 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #594 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #610 |
| 1881 | — | — | 15 | #458 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #523 |
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).