Boys' name · since 1887
Westley
10,119 babies named Westley in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,196 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #619 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,119
- born since 1887
- 2020s
- peak decade
Westley currently ranks #619 among boys' names in America, with 10,119 babies recorded since 1887.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Westley has been recorded 10,119 times among boys since 1887, currently ranked #619 nationally and more common than 96% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1887 to 2025.
- #1,196 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #619 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 10,119 born since 1887
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Westley ranks #1,196 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #619 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 10,119 born since 1887, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,196 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #619 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,119
- born since 1887
- 2020s
- peak decade
Westley's 10,119 recorded births place it above 97.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Westley compares
10,119 Top 9% higher than 91% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Westley's all-time total is 27x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Westley | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,119 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 453 | 34 | 22,252 |
Westley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Westley's full recorded timeline at 1960, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1887, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 453 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Westley popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1887–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 453
- Annual births at peak, across 139 years of records
Westley popularity over time - girls
65 total births recorded since 1988 (Westley as girls' name)
Westley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,304 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Westley's strongest decade.
2,304 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Westley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 39
1890s
39 births
- 1900s 77
1900s
77 births
- 1910s 177
1910s
177 births
- 1920s 251
1920s
251 births
- 1930s 200
1930s
200 births
- 1940s 274
1940s
274 births
- 1950s 343
1950s
343 births
- 1960s 382
1960s
382 births
- 1970s 682
1970s
682 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,371 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,198 births
- 2000s 809
2000s
809 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,007 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,304 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,304 births (23% of all-time use).
How Westley compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Westley's total volume
Westley by state
Where Westley concentrates geographically, total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,141 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 505 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 358 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 315 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 307 | 3.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 293 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Washington | | 243 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 219 | 2.2% |
1,141 of 10,119 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Westley appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Westley's data
- California records the most Westleys (1,141 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Westley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~138 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1887–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Westley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.