Wesly — #10980 US boys' name
1,426 babies named Wesly in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Wesly was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Wesly in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wesly
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,426 babies named Wesly between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wesly currently holds the #10980 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wesly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Wesly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Wesly in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wesly 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 1,426 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.
Wesly at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Wesly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2002)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #10980 among boys.
1,426 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 32 births in a single year.
Wesly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 249 births that decade — 17% of Wesly's all-time total
Wesly decade highlights
- Peak decade 249 births
- Runner-up 244 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Wesly's strongest decade
249 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Wesly by state
Where Wesly concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 31 | 2.2% |
| #2 | California | | 28 | 2.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
31 of 1,426 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
- California 2.0% of nationwide
- New York 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–2024 (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.