Wellington
Wellington was given to 24 boys in 2025, #4,381 among boys’ names; 2,879 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,420 Americans named Wellington and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 11 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wellington by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Wellington mean?
Wiktionary, Portuguese section
Wellington is “a male given name of Brazilian usage”
Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.
/ˈwɛ.lĩ.tõ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Portuguese section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Wellington?
#4,381 among boys’ names, 2025
Wellington rose from #4,537 in 2015 to #4,381 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 11.5 to 14.1 per million.
60 babies in 1922, the peak
Wellington peaked in 1922, when 60 boys were given it, #903 among boys’ names. The 24 births of 2025 are 40% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,381 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,268 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,701 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,683 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,116 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,838 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,894 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,435 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,513 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,521 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,537 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,976 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,898 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,237 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,723 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,460 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,541 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,475 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,590 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,848 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,558 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,993 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,247 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,378 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,465 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,626 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,151 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #5,146 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #4,048 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 25 | #3,013 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,838 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,900 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #4,007 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,208 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,802 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,453 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,795 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,904 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 17 | #3,063 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,643 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,391 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,264 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,907 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,891 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,282 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,803 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,792 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #4,157 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,593 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,634 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,551 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,400 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,156 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,968 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,394 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,679 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,102 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,537 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,623 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,985 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #2,037 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,296 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,665 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,821 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,855 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,654 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,365 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,949 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,011 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,756 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,625 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,506 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,006 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,969 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,743 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,459 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,813 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,644 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,577 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,626 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,527 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,380 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,410 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,625 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,874 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,556 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,401 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,798 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,490 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,452 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,648 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,215 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,424 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,790 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,190 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,143 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 53 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 60 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 58 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 48 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 57 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 58 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 46 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 42 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 24 | #934 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 17 | #820 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,040 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 19 | #635 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 12 | #821 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 12 | #811 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 9 | #922 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 8 | #994 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,194 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,004 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 9 | #964 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 8 | #848 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 8 | #896 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,232 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 9 | #783 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 13 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 14 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 8 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 6 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 9 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 8 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 11 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 10 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 8 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 13 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1880 | 12 | #568 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wellington a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wellington has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 140 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Wellington: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wellington, and how old are they?
1,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 2,879 Americans ever recorded as Wellington. The median Wellington alive today is 32 years old; half are between 11 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 2,338 people named Wellington (22 women and girls, 2,316 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,345 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 74 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 222 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 213 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 252 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 267 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 394 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Wellington born?
The states with the most babies named Wellington are New York, Michigan and Pennsylvania, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 145 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 96 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Virginia | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Wellington with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wellington
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Wellington and names like it
- Compare Wellington and EmileBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWellington peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wellington since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Wellington.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Wellington alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with WMost given first.