Wellesley — unisex name

What the Data Says About Wellesley

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Wellesley between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wellesley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Wellesley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 19 additional births since 1923.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wellesley performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wellesley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wellesley 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 36 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.