Wellington — #3208 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wellington

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,855 babies named Wellington between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wellington currently holds the #3208 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wellington performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 414 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wellington shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Wellington in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wellington 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 2,855 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.