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Westley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 453 in 2025. Its best rank was #562 in 1988.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #562 in 1988; #619 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Westley in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#619 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1988, at #562.
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Westley: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 453 boys in 2025. Peak: #562 in 1988 · most boys in one year: 453 (2025).
In 2025, 453 US boys were named Westley, making it the 619th most common boys’ name of the year, up 38 places from #657 in 2024. That is 34 more than the 419 boys named Westley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #562, reached in 1988. The most boys given the name in a single year was 453, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,018 in 2015 and #1,433 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Westley in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1887 with 5 babies. In all, 10,184 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 2,348 babies named Westley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,387 US boys were named Westley; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 453. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,771 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Westley ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #200 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Westly and Westlee are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Farmboy, Wes and West.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Westly (941), Westlee (194).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 5 | #200 | — |
| Montana | 6 | #225 | — |
| Idaho | 10 | #280 | — |
| South Dakota | 5 | #301 | — |
| Kansas | 12 | #322 | — |
| Oregon | 13 | #325 | #492 |
| Colorado | 20 | #327 | #780 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #359 | #507 |
| Arizona | 16 | #462 | — |
| Utah | 10 | #471 | — |
| Michigan | 18 | #485 | #971 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #512 | — |
| Missouri | 12 | #517 | #729 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #524 | #686 |
| Indiana | 13 | #543 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #568 | #857 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #584 | — |
| Ohio | 17 | #594 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #630 | — |
| Washington | 11 | #637 | #595 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #659 | #929 |
| Iowa | 5 | #660 | — |
| Virginia | 11 | #664 | #877 |
| California | 41 | #682 | #909 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #702 | #1,104 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #737 | — |
| Florida | 21 | #753 | #1,266 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #771 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #803 | #783 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #839 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | #851 | — |
| Texas | 30 | #875 | #1,898 |
| New York | 15 | #911 | #1,339 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,016 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,868 | 453 | #619 |
| 2024 | 5 | #17,553 | 419 | #657 |
| 2023 | 9 | #11,113 | 400 | #679 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,615 | 367 | #719 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,253 | 340 | #750 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,983 | 325 | #747 |
| 2019 | — | — | 291 | #793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,989 | 291 | #786 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,799 | 262 | #847 |
| 2016 | — | — | 239 | #903 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,965 | 200 | #1,018 |
| 2014 | — | — | 174 | #1,099 |
| 2013 | — | — | 186 | #1,038 |
| 2012 | — | — | 140 | #1,265 |
| 2011 | — | — | 116 | #1,428 |
| 2010 | — | — | 108 | #1,515 |
| 2009 | — | — | 109 | #1,527 |
| 2008 | — | — | 105 | #1,542 |
| 2007 | — | — | 89 | #1,711 |
| 2006 | — | — | 81 | #1,735 |
| 2005 | — | — | 79 | #1,710 |
| 2004 | — | — | 65 | #1,908 |
| 2003 | — | — | 69 | #1,763 |
| 2002 | — | — | 90 | #1,443 |
| 2001 | — | — | 57 | #1,933 |
| 2000 | — | — | 65 | #1,740 |
| 1999 | — | — | 89 | #1,355 |
| 1998 | — | — | 91 | #1,321 |
| 1997 | — | — | 79 | #1,401 |
| 1996 | — | — | 80 | #1,357 |
| 1995 | — | — | 109 | #1,089 |
| 1994 | — | — | 131 | #967 |
| 1993 | — | — | 126 | #961 |
| 1992 | — | — | 147 | #872 |
| 1991 | — | — | 152 | #844 |
| 1990 | — | — | 194 | #735 |
| 1989 | — | — | 231 | #659 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,837 | 271 | #562 |
| 1987 | — | — | 208 | #638 |
| 1986 | — | — | 148 | #749 |
| 1985 | — | — | 94 | #945 |
| 1984 | — | — | 79 | #1,008 |
| 1983 | — | — | 83 | #971 |
| 1982 | — | — | 76 | #1,049 |
| 1981 | — | — | 97 | #913 |
| 1980 | — | — | 84 | #988 |
| 1979 | — | — | 69 | #1,076 |
| 1978 | — | — | 105 | #839 |
| 1977 | — | — | 118 | #791 |
| 1976 | — | — | 65 | #1,041 |
| 1975 | — | — | 52 | #1,180 |
| 1974 | — | — | 53 | #1,134 |
| 1973 | — | — | 53 | #1,135 |
| 1972 | — | — | 41 | #1,326 |
| 1971 | — | — | 66 | #1,006 |
| 1970 | — | — | 60 | #1,062 |
| 1969 | — | — | 45 | #1,185 |
| 1968 | — | — | 53 | #1,024 |
| 1967 | — | — | 31 | #1,387 |
| 1966 | — | — | 44 | #1,128 |
| 1965 | — | — | 31 | #1,403 |
| 1964 | — | — | 38 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | — | — | 28 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | — | — | 41 | #1,229 |
| 1961 | — | — | 40 | #1,261 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | — | — | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1958 | — | — | 22 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | — | — | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1956 | — | — | 44 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | — | — | 44 | #1,137 |
| 1954 | — | — | 39 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | — | — | 33 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | — | — | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1951 | — | — | 32 | #1,329 |
| 1950 | — | — | 27 | #1,433 |
| 1949 | — | — | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1948 | — | — | 48 | #1,022 |
| 1947 | — | — | 30 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | — | — | 23 | #1,508 |
| 1945 | — | — | 25 | #1,348 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,341 |
| 1942 | — | — | 28 | #1,332 |
| 1941 | — | — | 21 | #1,530 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,468 |
| 1939 | — | — | 20 | #1,531 |
| 1938 | — | — | 18 | #1,686 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,524 |
| 1936 | — | — | 11 | #2,298 |
| 1935 | — | — | 23 | #1,452 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,853 |
| 1933 | — | — | 18 | #1,704 |
| 1932 | — | — | 28 | #1,322 |
| 1931 | — | — | 18 | #1,768 |
| 1930 | — | — | 27 | #1,426 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,929 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,161 |
| 1927 | — | — | 29 | #1,406 |
| 1926 | — | — | 25 | #1,514 |
| 1925 | — | — | 32 | #1,302 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1923 | — | — | 34 | #1,255 |
| 1922 | — | — | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1921 | — | — | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1920 | — | — | 22 | #1,691 |
| 1919 | — | — | 36 | #1,186 |
| 1918 | — | — | 24 | #1,537 |
| 1917 | — | — | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1916 | — | — | 20 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | — | — | 22 | #1,503 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,605 |
| 1913 | — | — | 10 | #1,941 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,347 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,383 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,191 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #891 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #944 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,243 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,088 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #963 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #906 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #927 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,207 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #739 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #781 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #776 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #901 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #858 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,062 |
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).