Wess — #8300 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wess

The Social Security Administration has registered 505 babies named Wess between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wess currently holds the #8300 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wess performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wess shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wess in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wess 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 505 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.