Welles — #3525 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Welles

The Social Security Administration has registered 428 babies named Welles between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Welles currently holds the #3525 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Welles performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Welles shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Welles in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Welles 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 428 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.