Unisex name · since 1970
Wei
290 babies named Wei in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,785 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,903 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 290
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Wei currently ranks #9903 among unisex names in America, with 290 babies recorded since 1970.
Wei has 290 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9903 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #10,785 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,903 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 290 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wei ranks #10,785 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,903 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 290 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,785 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,903 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 290
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Wei's 290 recorded births place it above 76.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Wei compares
290 45th 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
Wei's all-time total is 21% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wei | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 290 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wei's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wei popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Wei popularity over time - girls
79 total births recorded since 1983 (Wei as girls' name)
Wei by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (108 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Wei's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Wei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
108 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 108 births (37% of all-time use).
Wei by state
Where Wei concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 101 | 34.8% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
101 of 290 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Wei's data
- Wei's decade-level peak was the 1990s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Weis (101 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wei: 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 (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Wei 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.