Westley
Westley was given to 453 boys in 2025, #619 among boys’ names; 10,184 Americans have been recorded with it since 1887 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,880 Americans named Westley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 6 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Westley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Westley?
#619 among boys’ names, 2025
Westley rose from #1,018 in 2015 to #619 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.10 to 0.27 per 1,000.
462 babies in 2025, the peak
Westley peaked in 2025, when 462 babies were given it (453 boys, #619 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 419 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 453 | #619 | 0.27 |
| 2024 | 419 | #657 | 0.24 |
| 2023 | 400 | #679 | 0.23 |
| 2022 | 367 | #719 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 340 | #750 | 0.19 |
| 2020 | 325 | #747 | 0.19 |
| 2019 | 291 | #793 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 291 | #786 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 262 | #847 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 239 | #903 | 0.13 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 200 | #1,018 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 174 | #1,099 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 186 | #1,038 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,265 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,428 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,515 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,526 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,542 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 89 | #1,711 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 81 | #1,735 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 79 | #1,707 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,904 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 69 | #1,760 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,440 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,929 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,736 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,352 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,318 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,398 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,355 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,086 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 131 | #963 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 126 | #958 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 147 | #869 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 152 | #840 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 194 | #732 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 231 | #656 | 0.12 |
| 1988 | 271 | #562 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 208 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 148 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 94 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 83 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 97 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 84 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 105 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 118 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,134 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,135 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,326 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 66 | #1,006 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,062 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,185 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,024 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,386 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,128 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,402 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,286 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,511 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,228 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,260 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,461 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,413 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,722 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,248 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,155 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,136 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,211 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,329 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,403 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,328 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,432 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,376 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,021 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,361 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,507 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,347 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,572 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,340 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,332 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,530 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,468 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,531 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,686 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,298 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,452 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,322 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,426 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,161 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,457 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,255 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,506 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,691 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,186 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,536 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,809 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,502 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,604 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,940 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,382 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,190 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 12 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 10 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,242 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,087 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 8 | #963 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 8 | #906 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 8 | #926 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,206 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 13 | #738 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 9 | #781 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 10 | #776 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,235 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 7 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 8 | #857 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,061 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Westley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Westley has been given almost only to boys: 65 girls in 131 years of records.
Girls and boys named Westley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Westley, and how old are they?
8,880 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 10,184 Americans ever recorded as Westley. The median Westley alive today is 17 years old; half are between 6 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 6,052 people named Westley (88 women and girls, 5,964 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,825 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 77 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 433 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 865 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,120 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,410 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,980 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Westley born?
The states with the most babies named Westley are California, Texas and Florida, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 41 | #682 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 30 | #875 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 21 | #753 | 0.8× |
| Colorado | 20 | #327 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 18 | #485 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 17 | #594 | 0.7× |
| Arizona | 16 | #462 | 0.6× |
| New York | 15 | #911 | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #359 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #659 | 0.7× |
Where Westley is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Westley is most over-represented in Oregon: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Westley with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 11,319 babies since 1880, Westley is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 462 of their 483 babies (96%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Westley
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Westley and names like it
- Compare Westley and WestlyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sWestley peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Westley since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Westley.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Westley alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with WMost given first.