Unisex name · since 2015
Wellesley
Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Wellesley, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,497 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wellesley currently ranks #14497 among unisex names in America, with 42 babies recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Wellesley recorded 42 times among girls since 2015, holding rank #14497 nationally today, ahead of 16% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #37,125 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,497 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 42 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wellesley ranks #37,125 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,497 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 42 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,497 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wellesley's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wellesley compares
42 14th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Wellesley's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wellesley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wellesley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wellesley splits its recorded history at 2020: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wellesley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Wellesley popularity over time - boys
26 total births recorded since 1923 (Wellesley as boys' name)
Wellesley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (25 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Wellesley's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Wellesley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wellesley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2015–2025 (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 Wellesley 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.