Wesely — boys' name
27 babies named Wesely in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Wesely was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Wesely in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wesely
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Wesely between 1937 and 1992, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wesely currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wesely performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wesely shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wesely 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 27 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.
Wesely at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wesely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1937
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
27 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 7 births in a single year.
Wesely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 12 births that decade — 44% of Wesely's all-time total
Wesely decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Wesely's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1937–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.