Boys' name · since 1986
Johnwesley
95 babies named Johnwesley in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,762 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,468 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Johnwesley currently ranks #8468 among boys' names in America, with 95 babies recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johnwesley has been recorded 95 times among boys since 1986, currently ranked #8468 nationally and more common than 39% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #17,762 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,468 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johnwesley ranks #17,762 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,468 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 95 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,762 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,468 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Johnwesley's 95 recorded births place it above 60.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Johnwesley compares
95 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Johnwesley's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Johnwesley | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Johnwesley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Johnwesley splits its recorded history at 2004: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Johnwesley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Johnwesley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Johnwesley's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Johnwesley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Johnwesley's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Johnwesley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Johnwesley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.