Johnwesley — #11290 US boys' name
86 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.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Johnwesley was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Johnwesley in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johnwesley
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Johnwesley between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnwesley currently holds the #11290 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnwesley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Johnwesley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johnwesley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 86 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Johnwesley at a glance
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Current rank
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Johnwesley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #11290 among boys.
86 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 10 births in a single year.
Johnwesley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 29 births that decade — 34% of Johnwesley's all-time total
Johnwesley decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Johnwesley's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.